Sterna fuscata (sooty tern) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives)
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
        
        Family Laridae (gulls, terns, and skimmers)
        
        Subfamily Sterninae (terns and noddys)
        
        Genus Sterna (typical terns)
        
        Species Sterna fuscata (sooty tern)
        
        Subspecies Sterna fuscata crissalis
        
        Subspecies Sterna fuscata fuscata
        
        Subspecies Sterna fuscata kermadeci
        
        Subspecies Sterna fuscata luctuosa
        
        Subspecies Sterna fuscata nubilosa
        
        Subspecies Sterna fuscata oahuensis
        
        Subspecies Sterna fuscata serrata