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Sternula
Sign in to saveSternula is a genus of small white terns, with a global distribution along sheltered sandy coasts and large rivers.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyLaridae
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Sternula is a genus of small white terns, with a global distribution along sheltered sandy coasts and large rivers.
==Taxonomy== The genus Sternula was introduced in 1822 by the the German zoologist Friedrich Boie to accommodate a single species, Sterna minuta Linnaeus, 1766. This scientific name is a junior synonym of Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764, the little tern. The genus name Sternula is a diminutive of Sterna that was introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
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