Sterna
Sterna is a genus of terns in the bird family Laridae. The genus used to encompass most "white" terns indiscriminately, but mtDNA sequence comparisons have recently determined that this arrangement is paraphyletic. It is now restricted to the typical medium-sized white terns occurring near-globally in coastal regions.
| Sterna | |
|---|---|
| Common tern by the River Thames | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Tribe: | Sternini |
| Genus: | Sterna Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
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