Sterna
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Sterna is a genus of terns in the bird family Sternidae. It used to encompass most "white" terns indiscriminately, but mtDNA sequence comparisons have recently determined that this arrangement is paraphyletic (Bridge et al., 2005). It is now restricted to the typical medium-sized white terns occurring near-globally in coastal regions.
Classification
Genus Sterna - typical white terns
- Forster's tern Sterna forsteri
- Snowy-crowned tern or Trudeau's tern Sterna trudeaui
- Common tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate tern Sterna dougallii
- White-fronted tern Sterna striata
- Black-naped tern Sterna sumatrana
- South American tern Sterna hirundinacea
- Antarctic tern Sterna vittata
- Kerguelen tern Sterna virgata
- Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea
- River tern Sterna aurantia
- Black-bellied tern Sterna acuticauda (possibly Chlidonias)
- White-cheeked tern Sterna repressa (possibly Chlidonias)
For the "brown-backed terns" see genus Onychoprion.
References
- Bridge, E. S.; Jones, A. W. & Baker, A. J. (2005): A phylogenetic framework for the terns (Sternini) inferred from mtDNA sequences: implications for taxonomy and plumage evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 459–469. PDF fulltext.
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Sterna at Wikispecies
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