Common Tern - Sterna hirundo

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Sterna hirundo
Author Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176888
Common Names English: Common Tern
French: Sterne pierregarin
Spanish: Charrán común
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Sterna
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Sterna hirundo hirundo
Subspecies: Sterna hirundo longipennis
Subspecies: Sterna hirundo minussensis
Subspecies: Sterna hirundo tibetana
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#176888
StatusIUCN:LC
#records1,951
#datasets20
Years1967 - 2009
Latitudes14.60 - 62.20
Longitudes-133.75 - 162.50