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Taxon: Subfamily Sterninae Bonaparte, 1838 - terns (bird)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Charadriiformes - (Family) Laridae

Current position

Laridae (Family) Vigors, 1825

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 93.

Historical positions

*Laridae* (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 93.
*Laridae* (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 149.
*Laridae* (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 986.
*Laridae* (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 207.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7g;44s;89ss; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 25 May 2015	[7g;44s;89ss; †1g]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 153	[7g;44s;89ss]
1982	W.J. Bock	[3g]
1967	P. Brodkorb	[; †1g]

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Last updated: 28 Aug 2026