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Sterna vittata Gmelin, 1789 
AphiaID: 225766

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Sternidae (Family) > Sterna (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sterna Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch Antarctische stern  [details]
English Antarctic tern  [details]
English wreathed tern  [details]
French Sterne couronnée  [details]
German Antarktikseeschwalbe  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Southern Ocean [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (108 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Breeding Category: Breeding [details]

IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern [details]
Images 
Antarctic Tern on nest_1
Antarctic Tern on nest_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-21 09:54:48

Antarctic Terns_1
Antarctic Terns_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-21 09:55:09

Antarctic tern
Antarctic tern
added on 2006-11-24 - author: Masaki Uchida
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-21 09:55:37

Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata)
Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata)
added on 2007-05-27 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-21 09:55:49

Antarctic Terns (Sterna vittata)
Antarctic Terns (Sterna vittata)
added on 2007-05-27 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-21 09:56:01

Sterna vittata
Sterna vittata
added on 2007-05-27 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-21 09:56:10

Sterna vittata
Sterna vittata
added on 2007-05-27 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-21 09:56:28

Sterna vittata
Sterna vittata
added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-21 09:56:40

Sterna vittata
Sterna vittata
added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-21 09:57:01

Sterna vittata
Sterna vittata
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-21 09:56:49
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225766
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-04-20 12:16:00Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Sterna vittata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225766 on 2013-05-24
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