Sternidae

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Charadriiformes • Familia: Sternidae Bonaparte, 1838

 Vernacular names

English: Tern · Deutsch: Seeschwalben · Hrvatski: Čigre · Lietuvių: Žuvėdriniai · Nederlands: Sterna · 日本語: アジサシ科 · Polski: Rybitwy ·

Included genera (for IOC classification 2.2):

Anous, Chlidonias, Gelochelidon, Gygis, Hydroprogne, Larosterna, Onychoprion, Phaetusa, Procelsterna, Sterna, Sternula

Included genera (for en.wikipedia):

Anous, Chlidonias, Gelochelidon, Gygis, Larosterna, Onychoprion, Phaetusa, Procelsterna, Thalasseus, Sterna, Sternula

• Note: for IOC classification 2.3 to IOC classification 2.6, this family is incorporated in Laridae

Sterna forsteri Forster's Tern

SPECIES LIST

Anous

1. (category), Anous stolidus, Brown Noddy
2. (category), Anous minutus, Black Noddy
3. (category), Anous tenuirostris, Lesser Noddy

Procelsterna

1. (category), Procelsterna cerulea, Blue Noddy

Gygis

1. (category), Gygis alba, Common White Tern
2. (category), Gygis microrhyncha, Little White Tern

Onychoprion

1. (category), Onychoprion aleutica, Aleutian Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna aleutica)
2. (category), Onychoprion lunata, Grey-backed Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna lunata)
3. (category), Onychoprion anaethetus, Bridled Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna anaethetus)
4. (category), Onychoprion fuscata, Sooty Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna fuscata)

Sternula (syn. Sterna)

1. (category), Sternula nereis, Fairy Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna nereis)
2. (category), Sternula balaenarum, Damara Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna balaenarum)
3. (category), Sternula albifrons, Little Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna albifrons)
4. (category), Sternula saundersi, Saunders's Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna saundersi)
5. (category), Sternula antillarum, Least Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna antillarum)
6. (category), Sternula superciliaris, Yellow-billed Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna superciliaris)
7. (category), Sternula lorata, Peruvian Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna lorata)

Phaetusa

1. (category), Phaetusa simplex, Large-billed Tern

Hydroprogne (syn. Sterna)

1. (category), Hydroprogne caspia, Caspian Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna caspia)

Gelochelidon (syn. Sterna)

1. (category), Gelochelidon nilotica, Gull-billed Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna nilotica)

Larosterna

1. (category), Larosterna inca, Inca Tern

Chlidonias

1. (category), Chlidonias albostriatus, Black-fronted Tern
2. (category), Chlidonias hybridus, Whiskered Tern
3. (category), Chlidonias leucopterus, White-winged Tern
4. (category), Chlidonias niger, Black Tern

Thalasseus (syn. Sterna)

1. (category), Thalasseus maxima, Royal Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna maxima)
2. (category), Thalasseus bergii, Great Crested Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna bergii)
3. (category), Thalasseus bengalensis, Lesser Crested Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna bengalensis)
4. (category), Thalasseus bernsteini, Chinese Crested Tern (Syn. (category), Sterna bernsteini)
5. (category), Thalasseus elegans, Elegant Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna elegans)
6. (category), Thalasseus sandvicensis, Sandwich Tern (Syn. (category) Sterna sandvicensis)

Sterna

1. (category), Sterna aurantia, River Tern
2. (category), Sterna dougallii, Roseate Tern
3. (category), Sterna striata, White-fronted Tern
4. (category), Sterna sumatrana, Black-naped Tern
5. (category), Sterna hirundinacea, South American Tern
6. (category), Sterna hirundo, Common Tern
7. (category), Sterna paradisaea, Arctic Tern
8. (category), Sterna vittata, Antarctic Tern
9. (category), Sterna virgata, Kerguelen Tern
10. (category), Sterna forsteri, Forster's Tern
11. (category), Sterna trudeaui, Snowy-crowned Tern
12. (category), Sterna repressa, White-cheeked Tern
13. (category), Sterna acuticauda, Black-bellied Tern