Sterna
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Sterna | |
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Tarrock bi the River Thames | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Faimily: | Sternidae |
Genus: | Sterna Linnaeus, 1758 |
Species | |
Mony, see text. |
Sterna is a genus o terns in the bird faimily Sternidae. It uised tae encompass maist "white" terns indiscriminately, but mtDNA sequence comparisons hae recently determined that this arrangement is paraphyletic (Bridge et al., 2005). It is nou restrictit tae the typical lairge white terns occurrin near-globally in coastal regions.
Classification
eedit- Genus Sterna - typical white terns
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
- Tarrock Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
- Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
- Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata
- Pictarnie Sterna paradisaea
- River Tern Sterna aurantia
- Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda (possibly Chlidonias)
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa (possibly Chlidonias)
- Fairy Tern moved tae Sternula nereis
References
eedit- Bridge, E. S.; Jones, A. W. & Baker, A. J. (2005): A phylogenetic framework for the terns (Sternini) inferred from mtDNA sequences: implications for taxonomy and plumage evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 459–469. PDF fulltext Archived 2016-04-12 at the Wayback Machine.
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