Sterna
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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Charadriiformes • Familia: Laridae • Genus: Sterna Linnaeus, 1758
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Wikispecies has an entry on:
- S. acuticauda, S. aurantia, S. dougallii, S. forsteri, S. hirundinacea, S. hirundo, S. paradisaea, S. repressa, S. striata, S. sumatrana, S. trudeaui, S. virgata, S. vittata
- Note: IOC classification 2.3 has moved many Sterna species into the genera Onychoprion, Sternula and Thalasseus
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- English: White-fronted tern
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Adult flying
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Adult flying
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Adult flying with tiny fish in its beak
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Adult head markings
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Adult landing
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Adult flying with fish in its beak
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Juvenile begging parent for food
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Pair nesting
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Adult in nest
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Young chick calling out
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Adult and chick
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Juvenile chick
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Illustrative drawing by Walter Buller
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Illustrative drawing
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Sterna albostriata (back) and Sterna striata