Sterna 390365 204701047 2008-04-10T14:45:42Z Dj Capricorn 265758 [[et:Tiir]] {{otheruses}} {{Taxobox | name = Sterna | image = Tern-KayEss-2.jpeg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = [[Common Tern]] by the [[River Thames]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Charadriiformes]] | familia = [[Sternidae]] | genus = '''''Sterna''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Many, see text. }} '''Sterna''' is a [[genus]] of [[tern]]s in the bird family ''Sternidae''. It used to encompass most "white" terns indiscriminately, but [[mtDNA]] [[DNA sequence|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 ** [[Forster's Tern]] ''Sterna forsteri'' ** [[Trudeau's Tern]] ''Sterna trudeaui'' ** [[Common Tern]] ''Sterna hirundo'' ** [[Roseate Tern]] ''Sterna dougallii'' ** [[White-fronted Tern]] ''Sterna striata'' ** [[Black-naped Tern]] ''Sterna sumatrana'' ** [[South American Tern]] ''Sterna hirundinacea'' ** [[Antarctic Tern]] ''Sterna vittata'' ** [[Kerguelen Tern]] ''Sterna virgata'' ** [[Arctic Tern]] ''Sterna paradisaea'' ** [[River Tern (bird)|River Tern]] ''Sterna aurantia'' ** [[Black-bellied Tern]] ''Sterna acuticauda'' (possibly ''Chlidonias'') ** [[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. [http://www2.hawaii.edu/~khayes/Journal_Club/summer2006/Bridge_et_al_2005_MPE.pdf PDF fulltext]. {{Charadriiformes-stub}} [[Category:Sterna|*]] [[Category:Genera of birds]] [[br:Skrav]] [[et:Tiir]] [[es:Sterna]] [[fr:Sterna]] [[it:Sterna]] [[hu:Sterna]] [[nl:Sterna (vogel)]] [[pt:Sterna]] [[ru:Крачка]]