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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
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Family Laridae (gulls, terns, and skimmers)-
Subfamily Sterninae (terns and noddys)-
Genus Sterna (typical terns)
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Species Sterna acuticauda (black-bellied tern) -
Species Sterna albifrons (little tern)
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Species Sterna albistriata (black-fronted tern)
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Species Sterna aleutica (Aleutian tern)
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Species Sterna anaethetus (bridled tern)
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Species Sterna antillarum (least tern)
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Species Sterna aurantia (river tern)
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Species Sterna balaenarum (Damara tern)
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Species Sterna bengalensis (lesser crested tern)
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Species Sterna bergii (crested tern)
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Species Sterna bernsteini (Chinese crested tern)
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Species Sterna caspia (Caspian tern)
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Species Sterna dougallii (roseate tern)
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Species Sterna elegans (elegant tern)
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Species Sterna forsteri (Forster's tern)
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Species Sterna fuscata (sooty tern)
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Species Sterna hirundinacea (South American tern)
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Species Sterna hirundo (common tern)
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Species Sterna lorata (Peruvian tern)
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Species Sterna lunata (grey-backed tern)
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Species Sterna maxima (royal tern)
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Species Sterna nereis (fairy tern)
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Species Sterna nilotica (gull-billed tern)
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Species Sterna paradisaea (Arctic tern)
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Species Sterna repressa (white-cheeked tern)
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Species Sterna sandvicensis (Sandwich tern)
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Species Sterna saundersi (Saunders's tern)
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Species Sterna striata (white-fronted tern)
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Species Sterna sumatrana (black-naped tern)
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Species Sterna superciliaris (yellow-billed tern)
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Species Sterna trudeaui (snowy-crowned tern)
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Species Sterna virgata (Kerguelen tern)
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Species Sterna vittata (Antarctic tern)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
