Sternula | |
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Little tern | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Subfamily: | Sterninae |
Genus: | Sternula F. Boie, 1822 |
Type species | |
Sterna minuta[1] Linnaeus, 1766
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Species | |
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Sternula is a genus of small white terns. It is often subsumed into the larger genus Sterna, although the most recent changes to the AOU checklist considers it a separate genus.[2] The genus name is a diminutive of Sterna, "tern".[3]
Species
[edit]Listed alphabetically.[4]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Little tern | Sternula albifrons | temperate and tropical Europe and Asia. |
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Least tern | Sternula antillarum | North America and locally in northern South America. |
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Damara tern | Sternula balaenarum | southern Africa and migrates to tropical African coasts |
Peruvian tern | Sternula lorata | Chile, Ecuador, and Peru | |
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Fairy tern | Sternula nereis | Australia, New Caledonia,northern New Zealand |
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Saunders's tern | Sternula saundersi | north-western Indian Ocean |
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Yellow-billed tern | Sternula superciliaris | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. |
Saunders's and least terns were both formerly considered to be subspecies of little tern.
References
[edit]- ^ "Laridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ Banks et al. 2007. Forty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Checklist of North American Birds. The Auk 124(1): 1109-1115.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 365. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Shorebirds & allies Archived 2013-12-05 at the Wayback Machine, IOC World Bird List, ver.3.2.