Sterna

Sterna
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

• 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

• 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.