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The river tern (Sterna aurantia) belongs to the family Laridae under the order Charadriiformes.
River tern taxonomy
The family Laridae was first described by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840), a zoologist, botanist, writer and polyglot, in the year 1815. The family Laridae comprises nearly 100 species arranged in 22 genera, including the genus Sterna.The genus Sterna was first introduced by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in the year 1758. The genus Sterna comprises thirteen species, including Sterna aurantia.
After a molecular phylogenetic study by Baker and colleagues published in 2007, Laridae was expanded to include the genera that had previously been in Sternidae and Rynchopidae.
The species Sterna aurantia is monotypic and was first described by John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875), a British zoologist, in the year 1831.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Sterna aurantia |
| Species: | S. aurantia |
| Genus: | Sterna |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.River tern - Sterna aurantia 340 Image by Davidvraju |
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| 2.River tern - Sterna aurantia Image by N A Nazeer |
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| 3.River tern - Sterna aurantia Image by Charlesjsharp |
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| 4.River tern - Sterna aurantia Image by Ycsanster |
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| 5.River tern - Sterna aurantia Image by Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi |
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| 6.River tern - Sterna aurantia Image by Srikanth Vk |
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| 7.Sterna aurantia Image by Sandeep Somasekharan |
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| 8.Sterna aurantiachick Image by Primejyothi |
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| 9.Sterna aurantia eggs Image by Ashwin Baindur (AshLIn) |
1.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:River_Tern_David_Raju.jpg (cropped)
Author: Davidvraju | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:River_tern_by_N_A_Nazeer.jpg (cropped)
Author: N A Nazeer | License: CC BY-SA 2.5 IN
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Charlesjsharp | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
4.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Ycsanster | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
5.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gatsri/6832308128/
Author: Srikanth Vk | License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
7.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandyclix/4340418931/in/photostream/
Author: Sandeep Somasekharan | License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
8.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Primejyothi | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
9.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Ashwin Baindur (AshLIn) | License: CC BY-3.0
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