Sterna

**Sterna**
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Common name
	العربية: خرشنة; مصرى: خرشنه; Kotava: Krepay; azərbaycanca: Susüpürən; български: рибарки; brezhoneg: Skrav; català: Xatrac; чӑвашла: Шывчĕкеçсем; eesti: Tiir; فارسی: پرستودریایی‌ها; suomi: Tiirat; עברית: שחפית; íslenska: Þernuætt; қазақша: Нағыз қырқылдақтар туысы; latviešu: Zīriņi; norsk: Havterner; русский: Крачки; саха тыла: Тыыраахылар уустара; slovenščina: čigra; anarâškielâ: čerriheh; தமிழ்: இசுடெர்னா; українська: Крячок; 中文: 燕鷗屬; 中文（中国大陆）: 燕鸥属; 中文（简体）: 燕鸥属; 中文（臺灣）: 燕鷗屬;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Superphylum	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Megaclass	Osteichthyes
Superclass	Sarcopterygii
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Order	Charadriiformes
Suborder	Lari
Family	Laridae
Genus	Sterna
Taxon author	Carl Linnaeus, 1758
Authority file
	Q76366; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007534025305171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 70608; ITIS TSN: 176885; Fossilworks taxon ID: 83370; GBIF taxon ID: 2481227; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 137047; ZooBank ID for name or act: 539E5302-7E5C-43E9-B987-1F0DF9ABEDAC; Plazi ID: D7624690-575E-813E-2827-385B7254F719; New Zealand Organisms Register ID: 6d32a6b9-7a8d-4e60-abb3-0c7bfa76404f; EPPO Code: 1STNAG; iNaturalist taxon ID: 4424; NBN System Key: NBNSYS0000188724; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 4465; ADW taxon ID: Sterna
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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Charadriiformes • Familia: Laridae • Genus: Sterna Linnaeus, 1758

Included species (for IOC classification 2.3):

S. acuticauda, S. aurantia, S. dougallii, S. forsteri, S. hirundinacea, S. hirundo, S. paradisaea, S. repressa, S. striata, S. sumatrana, S. trudeaui, S. virgata, S. vittata