Sterna

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Charadriiformes
Subordo: Lari
Familia: Sternidae
Genus: Sterna
Species: S. acuticauda - S. albifrons - S. albostriata - S. antillarum - S. aurantia - S. balaenarum - S. bengalensis - S. bergii - S. bernsteini - S. dougallii - S. elegans - S. forsteri - S. hirundinacea - S. hirundo - S. lorata - S. maxima - S. nereis - S. paradisaea - S. repressa - S. saundersi - S. striata - S. sumatrana - S. superciliaris - S. trudeaui - S. virgata - S. vittata

Name

Sterna Linnaeus, 1758

Reference

* Systema Naturae ed.10 p.137

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Tern
Русский: Крачка

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Sterna is a genus of terns in the bird family Sternidae. It used to encompass most "white" terns indiscriminately, but mtDNA sequence comparisons have recently determined that this arrangement is paraphyletic (Bridge et al., 2005). It is now restricted to the typical large white terns occurring near-globally in coastal regions.

Classification

* Genus Sterna - typical white terns
o Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
o Trudeau's Tern Sterna trudeaui
o Common Tern Sterna hirundo
o Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
o White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
o Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
o South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
o Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
o Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata
o Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
o River Tern Sterna aurantia
o Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda (possibly Chlidonias)
o White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa (possibly Chlidonias)

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.