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Sterna Linnaeus, 1758
Thalasseus Boie, 1822 · unaccepted
- Species Sterna acuticauda Gray, 1832
- Species Sterna aurantia Gray, 1831
- Species Sterna bengalensis Lesson, 1831
- Species Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, 1823
- Species Sterna bernsteini Schlegel, 1863
- Species Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
- Species Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849
- Species Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834
- Species Sterna hirundinacea Lesson, 1831
- Species Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Sterna lunata Peale, 1848
- Species Sterna maxima Boddaert, 1783
- Species Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
- Species Sterna repressa Hartert, 1916
- Species Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787
- Species Sterna striata Gmelin, 1789
- Species Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822
- Species Sterna trudeaui Audubon, 1838
- Species Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875
- Species Sterna vittata Gmelin, 1789
- Species Sterna acuflavida Cabot, 1847 accepted as Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus (Cabot, 1847)
- Species Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764 accepted as Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764) (synonym)
- Species Sterna albostriata (Gray, 1845) accepted as Chlidonias albostriatus (Gray, 1845)
- Species Sterna aleutica Baird, 1869 accepted as Onychoprion aleuticus Baird, 1869 (synonym)
- Species Sterna anaethetus Scopoli, 1786 accepted as Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786) (synonym)
- Species Sterna anglica Montagu, 1813 accepted as Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789)
- Species Sterna antillarum (Lesson, 1847) accepted as Sternula antillarum Lesson, 1847 (synonym)
- Species Sterna balaenarum (Strickland, 1852) accepted as Sternula balaenarum (Strickland, 1852) (synonym)
- Species Sterna camtschatica Pallas, 1811 accepted as Onychoprion aleuticus Baird, 1869
- Species Sterna caspia Pallas, 1770 accepted as Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770) (synonym)
- Species Sterna eurygnatha Saunders, 1876 accepted as Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus (Cabot, 1847)
- Species Sterna fluviatilis Naumann, 1839 accepted as Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Sterna fuscata Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus, 1766 (synonym)
- Species Sterna leucoptera Temminck, 1815 accepted as Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)
- Species Sterna lorata Philippi & Landbeck, 1861 accepted as Sternula lorata Philippi & Landbeck, 1861 (synonym)
- Species Sterna melanogaster Temminck, 1827 accepted as Sterna acuticauda Gray, 1832 (synonym)
- Species Sterna nereis (Gould, 1843) accepted as Sternula nereis (Gould, 1843) (synonym)
- Species Sterna niger Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Sterna nigra Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789)
- Species Sterna saundersi Hume, 1877 accepted as Sternula saundersi (Hume, 1877) (synonym)
- Species Sterna sinensis Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Sternula albifrons sinensis (Gmelin, 1789)
- Species Sterna stolida Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Anous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sterna superciliaris Vieillot, 1819 accepted as Sternula superciliaris (Vieillot, 1819) (synonym)
- Species Sterna tenuirostris Temminck, 1823 accepted as Anous tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sterna tschegrava Ödmann, 1782 accepted as Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770)
- Species Sterna cantiaca accepted as Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787) accepted as Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Sterna galericulata (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Sterna magna (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Sterna minuta (uncertain)
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Size: small to large. Plumage: white and various shades of grey or black; most with deeply forked tails. Other characters:...
Description Size: small to large. Plumage: white and various shades of grey or black; most with deeply forked tails. Other characters: tarsus short; bill equal to or longer than head, red and/or yellow; legs red or yellow. <389> [details]
WoRMS (2024). Sterna Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137047 on 2024-04-19
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [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]
[request] basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Size: small to large. Plumage: white and various shades of grey or black; most with deeply forked tails. Other characters: tarsus short; bill equal to or longer than head, red and/or yellow; legs red or yellow. <389> [details]
