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Sterna Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Sterna Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List
Sterna
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Sterna
Recognized by Afghanistan Species List, SailinSteve, AnAge articles, INBio, IABIN, Hone et al 2013 avian data, One Species at a Time Podcasts, Listed Species in Texas, FAO Fishery Statistics, and Furui 2020
Sterna Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Germany, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, World Register of Marine Species, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Sterna Linnaeus 1758
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records

Alternative Names

Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin 1789)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Gelochelidon Brehm, 1830)
Hydroprogne tschegrava (Lepechin 1770)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770))
Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus 1766)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Onychoprion Wagler, 1832)
Sterna cantiaca Gmelin 1789
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sterna fuliginosa Gmelin 1789
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sterna melanops Rafinesque 1822
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sterna minuta Linnaeus 1766
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sterna spec Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Thalasseus Boie, 1822)
Sterna
Harvest ancestor according to Symonds and Tattersall, 2010, EOL authors, Wildfinder (WWF), Washington Bird Phenology, Sibly et al 2012, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, Anguilla Species List, Aruba Species List, Bahrain Species List, Mozambique Species List, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Flickr BHL, Bergtold 1917, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group

Common Names

Arabic

خرشنة preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Susüpürən preferred
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Breton

Skrav preferred
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Bulgarian

рибарки preferred
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Catalan; Valencian

Xatrac preferred
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Chinese

燕鷗屬 preferred
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Chuvash

Шывчĕкеçсем preferred
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Estonian

tiir preferred
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Finnish

tiirat preferred
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Hebrew

שחפית preferred
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Icelandic

Þernuætt preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

アジサシ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and World Register of Marine Species

Kazakh

Нағыз қырқылдақтар туысы preferred
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Latvian

Zīriņi preferred
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Persian

کاکاها preferred
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Russian

Крачки preferred
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Sakha

Тыыраахылар уустара preferred
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Tamil

இசுடெர்னா preferred
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Ukrainian

Крячок preferred
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Unspecified

čerriheh preferred
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Arz

خرشنه preferred
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Zh Cn

燕鸥属 preferred
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Zh Tw

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Curated hierarchies for Sterna Linnaeus 1758

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda Gray & JE 1831
Sterna aurantia Gray & JE 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson & R 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna milneedwardsi Riabinin 1931
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna striata Gmelin & JF 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin & JF 1789
Anous Stephens 1826
Chlidonias Rafinesque 1822
Chroicocephalus Eyton 1836
Creagrus Bonaparte 1854
Feducciavis Olson 2011
Gaviota Miller & Sibley 1941
Gelochelidon Brehm & CL 1830
Gygis Wagler 1832
Halcyornis Owen 1846
Hydrocoloeus Kaup 1829
Hydroprogne Kaup 1829
Ichthyaetus Kaup 1829
Laricola Mlíovsky 2002
Larosterna Blyth 1852
Larus Linnaeus 1758
Leucophaeus Bruch 1855
Onychoprion Wagler 1832
Pagophila Kaup 1829
Phaetusa Wagler 1832
Pseudosterna Mercerat 1897
Rhodostethia MacGillivray & W 1842
Rissa Stephens 1826
Rynchops Linnaeus 1758
Sternula Boie & F 1822
Thalasseus Boie & F 1822
Xema Leach 1819

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna aurantia J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Sterna hirundinacea R. Lesson 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa E. Hartert 1916
Sterna striata J. F. Gmelin 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata J. F. Gmelin 1789
Anous Stephens 1826
Chlidonias Rafinesque 1822
Chroicocephalus Eyton 1836
Creagrus Bonaparte 1854
Gelochelidon C. L. Brehm 1830
Gygis Wagler 1832
Hydrocoloeus Kaup 1829
Hydroprogne Kaup 1829
Ichthyaetus Kaup 1829
Larosterna Blyth 1852
Larus Linnaeus 1758
Leucophaeus Bruch 1855
Onychoprion Wagler 1832
Pagophila Kaup 1829
Phaetusa Wagler 1832
Rhodostethia W. MacGillivray 1842
Rissa Stephens 1826
Rynchops Linnaeus 1758
Sternula F. Boie 1822
Thalasseus F. Boie 1822
Xema Leach 1819

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Sterna Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda Gray & JE 1831
Sterna aurantia Gray & JE 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson & R 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna milneedwardsi Riabinin 1931
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna striata Gmelin & JF 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin & JF 1789
Anous Stephens 1826
Chlidonias Rafinesque 1822
Chroicocephalus Eyton 1836
Creagrus Bonaparte 1854
Feducciavis Olson 2011
Gaviota Miller & Sibley 1941
Gelochelidon Brehm & CL 1830
Gygis Wagler 1832
Halcyornis Owen 1846
Hydrocoloeus Kaup 1829
Hydroprogne Kaup 1829
Ichthyaetus Kaup 1829
Laricola Mlíovsky 2002
Larosterna Blyth 1852
Larus Linnaeus 1758
Leucophaeus Bruch 1855
Onychoprion Wagler 1832
Pagophila Kaup 1829
Phaetusa Wagler 1832
Pseudosterna Mercerat 1897
Rhodostethia MacGillivray & W 1842
Rissa Stephens 1826
Rynchops Linnaeus 1758
Sternula Boie & F 1822
Thalasseus Boie & F 1822
Xema Leach 1819

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Sterna Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda Gray & JE 1831
Sterna aurantia Gray & JE 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson & R 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna milneedwardsi Riabinin 1931
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna striata Gmelin & JF 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin & JF 1789
Anous Stephens 1826
Chlidonias Rafinesque 1822
Chroicocephalus Eyton 1836
Creagrus Bonaparte 1854
Feducciavis Olson 2011
Gaviota Miller & Sibley 1941
Gelochelidon Brehm & CL 1830
Gygis Wagler 1832
Halcyornis Owen 1846
Hydrocoloeus Kaup 1829
Hydroprogne Kaup 1829
Ichthyaetus Kaup 1829
Laricola Mlíovsky 2002
Larosterna Blyth 1852
Larus Linnaeus 1758
Leucophaeus Bruch 1855
Onychoprion Wagler 1832
Pagophila Kaup 1829
Phaetusa Wagler 1832
Pseudosterna Mercerat 1897
Rhodostethia MacGillivray & W 1842
Rissa Stephens 1826
Rynchops Linnaeus 1758
Sternula Boie & F 1822
Thalasseus Boie & F 1822
Xema Leach 1819

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna affinis Cretzschmar 1827
Sterna anglica Montagu 1813
Sterna aurantia J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna australis Gmelin 1789
Sterna cerulea Bennet 1840
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Sterna fuscata Linnaeus 1766
Sterna grisea Horsfield 1821
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna macroura
Sterna maxima Boddaert 1783
Sterna media Horsfield 1821
Sterna nilotica Gmelin 1789
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna poliocerca Gould 1837
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna sanctipauli Gould 1865
Sterna seena Sykes 1832
Sterna striata Gmelin 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna tibetana Saunders 1876
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna tschegrava Lepechin 1770
Sterna velox Cretzschmar 1827
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin 1789
Anous Stephens 1826
Chlidonias Rafinesque 1822
Chroicocephalus Eyton 1836
Creagrus Bonaparte 1854
Feducciavis Olson 2011
Gaviota Miller & Sibley 1941
Gygis Wagler 1832
Hydroprogne Kaup 1829
Ichthyaetus Kaup 1829
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus × Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus × Larus canus
Larosterna Blyth 1852
Larus Linnaeus 1758
Leucophaeus C. F. Bruch 1853
Onychoprion Wagler 1832
Pagophila Kaup 1829
Phaetusa Wagler 1832
Procelsterna Lafresnaye 1842
Pseudosterna Mercerat 1897
Rhodostethia Mac Gillivray 1842
Rissa Stephens 1826
Rynchops Linnaeus 1758
Sternula Boie 1822
Thalasseus Boie 1822
Xema Leach 1819

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna aurantia J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Sterna hirundinacea R. Lesson 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa E. Hartert 1916
Sterna striata J. F. Gmelin 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata J. F. Gmelin 1789
Anous Stephens 1826
Chlidonias Rafinesque 1822
Chroicocephalus Eyton 1836
Creagrus Bonaparte 1854
Gelochelidon C. L. Brehm 1830
Gygis Wagler 1832
Hydrocoloeus Kaup 1829
Hydroprogne Kaup 1829
Ichthyaetus Kaup 1829
Larosterna Blyth 1852
Larus Linnaeus 1758
Leucophaeus Bruch 1855
Onychoprion Wagler 1832
Pagophila Kaup 1829
Phaetusa Wagler 1832
Rhodostethia W. MacGillivray 1842
Rissa Stephens 1826
Rynchops Linnaeus 1758
Sternula F. Boie 1822
Thalasseus F. Boie 1822
Xema Leach 1819

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Archelosauria
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Coelurosauria
Aves
Neognathae
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna (this page)
Sterna albostriata
Sterna dougallii
Sterna eurygnatha
Sterna forsteri
Sterna hirundinacea
Sterna hirundo
Sterna paradisaea
Sterna striata
Sterna sumatrana
Sterna trudeaui
Sterna vittata
unclassified Sterna
Anous
Chlidonias
Chroicocephalus
Creagrus
Gelochelidon
Gygis
Hydrocoloeus
Hydroprogne
Ichthyaetus
Larosterna
Larus
Leucophaeus
Onychoprion
Pagophila
Phaetusa
Pinguinus
Procelsterna
Rhodostethia
Rissa
Rynchops
Saundersilarus
Sternula
Thalasseus
Xema

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Aves
Neognathae
Neoaves
Passerea
Gruae
Gruimorphae
Charadriiformes
Lari
Sternidae
Sterna (this page)
Sterna acuflavida
Sterna acuticauda
Sterna albifrons
Sterna albostriata
Sterna aleutica
Sterna anaetherus
Sterna anaethetus
Sterna anglica
Sterna aurantia
Sterna balaenarum
Sterna bengalensis
Sterna bergii
Sterna bernsteini
Sterna camtschatica
Sterna caspia
Sterna cerulea
Sterna dougallii
Sterna elegans
Sterna eurygnatha
Sterna fluviatilis
Sterna forsteri
Sterna fuscata
Sterna grisea
Sterna hirundinacea
Sterna hirundo
Sterna hybrida
Sterna javanica
Sterna leucoptera
Sterna lorata
Sterna lunata
Sterna maxima
Sterna media
Sterna milne-edwardsii
Sterna minuta
Sterna nereis
Sterna niger
Sterna nigra
Sterna nilotica
Sterna oahuensis
Sterna paradisaea
Sterna philadelphia
Sterna poliocerca
Sterna repressa
Sterna sanctipauli
Sterna sandvicensis
Sterna sandvichensis
Sterna saundersi
Sterna seena
Sterna similis
Sterna simplex
Sterna striata
Sterna sumatrana
Sterna superciliaris
Sterna tenuirostris
Sterna tibetana
Sterna trudeaui
Sterna tschegrava
Sterna virgata
Sterna vittata
Sterna zimmermanni
Anoinae

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna Linnaeus 1758 (this page)
Anous
Anous Stephens 1826
Chlidonias
Chlidonias Rafinesque 1822
Chroicocephalus
Chroicocephalus Eyton 1836
Creagrus
Creagrus Bonaparte 1854
Gelochelidon
Gelochelidon Brehm 1830
Gygis
Gygis Wagler 1832
Hydrocoloeus
Hydrocoloeus Kaup 1829
Hydroprogne
Hydroprogne Kaup 1829
Ichthyaetus
Ichthyaetus Kaup 1829
Larosterna
Larosterna Blyth 1852
Larus
Larus Linnaeus 1758
Leucophaeus
Leucophaeus Bruch 1853
Onychoprion
Onychoprion Wagler 1832
Pagophila
Pagophila Kaup 1829
Phaetusa
Phaetusa Wagler 1832
Procelsterna
Procelsterna Lafresnaye 1842
Rhodostethia
Rhodostethia MacGillivray 1842
Rissa
Rissa Stephens 1826
Sterna
Sternula
Sternula Boie 1822
Thalasseus
Xema
Xema Leach 1819
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