Sternula
| Sternula | |
|---|---|
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| Little tern | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Sternidae |
| Genus: | Sternula F. Boie, 1822 |
| Species | |
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7, see text | |
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. Listed alphabetically.[1]
- Little tern Sternula albifrons
- Least tern Sternula antillarum
- Damara tern Sternula balaenarum
- Peruvian tern Sternula lorata
- Fairy tern Sternula nereis
- Saunders's tern Sternula saundersi
- Yellow-billed tern Sternula superciliaris
Saunders’s and least terns were both formerly considered to be subspecies of little tern.
References
- ↑ Shorebirds & allies, IOC World Bird List, ver.3.2.
- Olsen and Larsson, Terns of Europe and North America ISBN 0-7136-4056-1
- Banks et al. 2007. Forty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Checklist of North American Birds. The Auk 124(1): 1109-1115. (AOU Checklist)