WoRMS taxon details
Chlidonias Rafinesque, 1822
AphiaID: 137042
AphiaID: 137042
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Sternidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Sternidae | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Chlidonias albostriatus (Gray, 1845) Species Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas, 1811) Species Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815) Species Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: small. Plumage: tail slightly forked, less than half length of wing, no streamers; strong seasonal variation. Other characters: bill shorter than head, slender, and only slightly curved; short legs; feet small and feeble with only partial webs on front toes. <389> [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137042 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Chlidonias Rafinesque, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137042 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||
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