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Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae

Genus: Sterna

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Sterna acuticauda
[Black-bellied tern]
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Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Sterna aurantia
[River tern]
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Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Sterna bengalensis
[Lesser crested tern]

Aquino, Maria Theresa

Indo-Pacific, Southeast A
Max. Length 48 cm TL
Sterna bergiiLichtenstein, 1823

Photo by Aquino, Maria Theresa
 
Sterna bergii
[Crested tern]
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Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Sterna bernsteini
[Chinese crested tern]
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Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Sterna dougallii
[Roseate tern]
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Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Sterna elegans
[Elegant tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 41 cm TL
 
Sterna forsteri
[Forster's tern]
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Max. Length 44 cm TL
 
Sterna hirundinacea
[South American tern]
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Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Sterna hirundo
[Common tern]
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Max. Length 23 cm TL
 
Sterna lorata
[Peruvian tern]
No picture found

Max. Length 53 cm TL
 
Sterna maxima
[Royal tern]
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Max. Length 38 cm TL
 
Sterna paradisaea
[Arctic tern]
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Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Sterna repressa
[White-cheeked tern]
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Max. Length 45 cm TL
 
Sterna sandvicensis
[Sandwich tern]
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Max. Length 43 cm TL
 
Sterna striata
[White-fronted tern]
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Max. Length 32 cm TL
 
Sterna sumatrana
[Black-naped tern]
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Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Sterna trudeaui
[Trudeau's tern]
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Max. Length 33 cm TL
 
Sterna virgata
[Kerguelen tern]
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Max. Length 41 cm TL
 
Sterna vittata
[Antarctic tern]


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