Sternidae

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
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
Genera: Anous - Chlidonias - Gelochelidon - Gygis - Hydroprogne - Larosterna - Onychoprion - Phaetusa - Procelsterna - Sterna - Sternula - Thalasseus

[edit] Name

Sternidae Bonaparte, 1838

[edit] 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. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.010
• Collinson, M. (2006). Splitting headaches? Recent taxonomic changes affecting the British and Western Palaearctic lists. British Birds 99 (6): 306-323.
• del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. (editors) (1996): Handbook of Birds of the World, Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-22-9

[edit] Vernacular names

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