Marsh terns | |
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Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Aequorlitornithes |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Suborder: | Lari |
Family: | Laridae |
Subfamily: | Sterninae |
Genus: | Chlidonias Rafinesque, 1822 |
Species | |
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The name marsh tern refers to terns of the genus Chlidonias, which are typically found in freshwater marshes, rather than coastal locations.
There are four species:
- Black Tern, Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern or White-winged Black Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered Tern, Chlidonias hybridus
- The Black-fronted Tern, Chlidonias albostriatus (formerly Sterna albostriata) is now also recognized to belong to this genus (Bridge et al., 2005).
The Black-bellied Tern (Sterna acuticauda) and the White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa) might also be placed in Chlidonias.
References[]
- Bridge, E. S.; Jones, A. W. & Baker, A. J. (2005): A phylogenetic framework for the terns (Sternini) inferred from mtDNA sequences: implications for taxonomy and plumage evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 459–469. PDF fulltext.
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