1. Species Sterna bengalensis Lesson, 1831
2. Species Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, 1823
3. Species Sterna bernsteini Schlegel, 1863
4. Species Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
5. Species Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
6. Species Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822
7. Species Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764 accepted as Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764) (synonym)
8. Species Sterna aleutica Baird, 1869 accepted as Onychoprion aleuticus Baird, 1869 (synonym)
9. Species Sterna anaethetus Scopoli, 1786 accepted as Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786) (synonym)
10. Species Sterna fuscata Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus, 1766 (synonym)

marine, terrestrial

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  

ChaRMS (2025). Sterna Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137047 on 2025-06-04

Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Sterna Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137047 on 2025-06-04

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