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Sterna
Sign in to saveSterna is a genus of terns in the bird family Laridae. The genus used to encompass most "white" terns indiscriminately, but mtDNA sequence comparisons have determined that this arrangement was paraphyletic. It is now restricted to the typical medium-sized white terns with deeply forked tails, which occur near-globally, mostly in coastal regions but several also using freshwater habitats inland.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyElonidae
Observations recorded3,012,139,120
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 371
- With media
- 64
- Family
- Laridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, SEMAHN, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- Germany, Chile, Belgium, Mexico, United States, France