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Sternatypical terns
Identification
Sterna maxima (royal tern)
Sterna forsteri (Forster's tern)
Sterna sandvicensis (Sandwich tern)
Location
North Carolina
Caption
Three species of terns from left to right: royal (the largest pictured, Sterna maxima), Sandwich (middle bird, Sterna sandvicensis), and Forster's (with entire black cap, Sterna forsteri) terns.
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- Life Stages And Gender
- Adult/Sexually Mature
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Phylum Chordata chordates
- Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates
- Class Aves birds
- Order Charadriiformes shorebirds and relatives
- Family Laridae gulls, terns, and skimmers
- Genus Sterna typical terns
Related Taxa
- Species Sterna antillarum least tern
- Species Sterna caspia Caspian tern
- Species Sterna elegans elegant tern
- Species Sterna forsteri Forster's tern
- Species Sterna hirundo common tern
- Species Sterna paradisaea Arctic tern
- Species Sterna sandvicensis Sandwich tern
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