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Sterna in languages:

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Seeswaels

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Havterner

Bulgarian

Дългоопашати рибарки

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燕鷗屬

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øvrige terner

English

Typical Terns

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Tiirud

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tiirat

German

Echte Seeschwalben

Hungarian

tengeri csérek

Italian

Sterna

Japanese

アジサシ属

Russian

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Slovene

čigra

Thai

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Parent Taxon

• Laridae

Sibling Taxa

• Anous
• Chlidonias
• Gelochelidon
• Gygis
• Hydroprogne
• Larosterna
• Onychoprion
• Phaetusa
• Sterna
• Sternula
• Thalasseus

Child Taxa

• Sterna acuticauda
• Sterna aurantia
• Sterna dougallii
• Sterna forsteri
• Sterna hirundinacea
• Sterna hirundo
• Sterna paradisaea
• Sterna repressa
• Sterna striata
• Sterna sumatrana
• Sterna trudeaui
• Sterna virgata
• Sterna vittata

Top Observation Places

• Staten Island
• Walvis Bay
• Oakland
• Alameda
• Jersey City
• Hoboken
• Queens
• Jamaica
• South Ozone Park
• Ozone Park
• Briarwood