WoRMS taxon details
Gelochelidon Brehm, 1830
AphiaID: 148792
AphiaID: 148792
| 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: 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] basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789) | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: relatively large. Plumage: tail short, shallowly forked. Other characters: bill stout, shorter than head, gonys sharply sloped, lower mandible sharply pointed at tip. Tarsus slightly longer than middle toe with claw; walks better than other terns. <389> [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148792 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Gelochelidon Brehm, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148792 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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