Belgian Register of Marine Species

BeRMS name details

Sternidae

AphiaID

148764 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148764)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Laridae Vigors, 1825

Rank

Family

Parent

Charadriiformes

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

BeRMS (2021). Sternidae. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148764 on 2026-01-13

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Sternidae. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148764 on 2026-01-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-29 08:12:19Z

created

Claus, Simon

2020-06-25 07:35:06Z

changed

Decock, Wim

Licensing

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basis of record Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Language	Name
Dutch	sternen	[details]
English	terns	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	ternefamilien	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	ternefamilien	[details]
Swedish	tärnor	[details]