Charadriiformes
Terns (Sternidae)
HBW 3, p. 624
- Small to medium-sized slender, graceful seabirds, with long forked tail; most species grey above with black crown, white below.
- Cosmopolitan.
- Typically marine, coastal or pelagic; some species on inland waters.
- 10 genera, 44 species, 123 taxa.
- 5 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 52 34 18 8 1 Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
- 85 4 50 31 8 2 Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- 17 8 9 6 3 Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)
- 17 12 5 8 4 Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)
- 79 3 47 29 8 5 Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
- 4 3 1 2 6 Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini)
- 71 1 45 25 8 7 Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
- 91 3 49 39 8 8 Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
- 25 3 16 6 6 9 River Tern (Sterna aurantia)
- 21 1 9 11 8 10 Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
- 53 4 16 33 8 11 White-fronted Tern (Sterna striata)
- 26 2 10 14 8 12 Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
- 25 2 13 10 8 13 South American Tern (Sterna hirundinacea)
- 127 3 62 62 8 14 Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
- 95 4 51 40 8 15 Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
- 70 8 25 37 8 16 Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata)
- 1 1 6 17 Kerguelen Tern (Sterna virgata)
- 25 14 11 8 18 Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
- 15 6 9 8 19 Trudeau's Tern (Sterna trudeaui)
- 61 2 39 20 8 20 Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)
- 9 3 6 8 21 Saunders's Tern (Sterna saundersi)
- 20 14 6 8 22 Least Tern (Sterna antillarum)
- 18 2 9 7 8 23 Yellow-billed Tern (Sterna superciliaris)
- 6 1 3 2 3 24 Peruvian Tern (Sterna lorata)
- 52 2 18 32 4 25 Fairy Tern (Sterna nereis)
- 5 4 1 6 26 Damara Tern (Sterna balaenarum)
- 8 6 2 8 27 White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa)
- 15 1 7 7 3 28 Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda)
- 12 2 3 7 8 29 Aleutian Tern (Sterna aleutica)
- 1 1 8 30 Grey-backed Tern (Sterna lunata)
- 23 14 9 8 31 Bridled Tern (Sterna anaethetus)
- 37 2 10 25 8 32 Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
- 11 7 4 3 33 Black-fronted Tern (Sterna albostriata)
- 74 3 42 29 8 34 Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus)
- 44 22 22 8 35 White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
- 23 15 8 8 36 Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
- 42 3 26 13 8 37 Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex)
- 43 1 20 22 8 38 Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
- 29 3 7 19 8 39 Black Noddy (Anous minutus)
- 26 2 5 19 8 40 Lesser Noddy (Anous tenuirostris)
- 0 8 41 Blue Noddy (Procelsterna cerulea)
- 5 5 8 42 Grey Noddy (Procelsterna albivitta)
- 31 1 10 20 8 43 White Tern (Gygis alba)
- 65 2 38 25 6 44 Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)
Family statistics
10 genera, 44 species
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| 10 genera | (100%) |
| 43 species | (98%) |
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