Sterna Linnaeus, 1758
Sterna (Laridae) ; [AVTAX ]
Sterna aurantia Gray, 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii ; [AVTAX ]
S. d. arideensis Mathews, 1912
Sterna dougallii arideensis ; [AVTAX ]
S. d. bangsi Mathews, 1912
Sterna dougallii bangsi ; [AVTAX ]
S. d. dougallii
Sterna dougallii dougallii ; [AVTAX ]
S. d. gracilis Gould, 1845
Sterna dougallii gracilis ; [AVTAX ]
S. d. korustes (Hume, 1874)
Sterna dougallii korustes ; [AVTAX ]
Sterna striata Gmelin, 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822
Sterna sumatrana ; [AVTAX ]
S. s. mathewsi Stresemann, 1914
Sterna sumatrana mathewsi ; [AVTAX ]
S. s. sumatrana
Sterna sumatrana sumatrana ; [AVTAX ]
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson, 1831
Sterna hirundinacea ; [AVTAX ]
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Kalatiira
Common Tern
S. h. hirundo
Sterna hirundo hirundo ; [AVTAX ]
S. h. longipennis Nordmann, 1835
Sterna hirundo longipennis ; [AVTAX ]
S. h. minussensis Sushkin, 1925
Sterna hirundo minussensis ; [AVTAX ]
S. h. tibetana Saunders, 1876
Sterna hirundo tibetana ; [AVTAX ]
Sterna repressa Hartert, 1916
White-cheeked Tern
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
Lapintiira
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea ; [AVTAX ]
Sterna vittata Gmelin, 1789
S. v. bethunei Buller, 1896
Sterna vittata bethunei ; [AVTAX ]
S. v. gaini Murphy, 1938
Sterna vittata gaini ; [AVTAX ]
S. v. georgiae Reichenow, 1904
Sterna vittata georgiae ; [AVTAX ]
S. v. tristanensis Murphy, 1938
Sterna vittata tristanensis ; [AVTAX ]
S. v. vittata
Sterna vittata vittata ; [AVTAX ]
Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875
S. v. mercuri Voisin, 1971
Sterna virgata mercuri ; [AVTAX ]
S. v. virgata
Sterna virgata virgata ; [AVTAX ]
Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834
Sterna trudeaui Audubon, 1838
Sterna acuticauda Gray, 1831
Sterna acuticauda ; [AVTAX ]
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