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Sterna nereis (Gould, 1843) 
AphiaID: 343931

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Sternidae (Family) > Sterna (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Sternula nereis (Gould, 1843)
Rank Species
Parent Sterna Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (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 
English fairy tern  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Australia [details]
New Zealand [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:343931
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-04-11 11:37:23Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2011-04-07 09:46:00Z  changed  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Sterna nereis (Gould, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=343931 on 2013-05-23
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