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Sterna maximaroyal tern

- Sandwich tern
  Sterna sandvicensis
- royal tern
  Sterna maxima
- royal tern
  Sterna maxima
- royal tern
  Sterna maxima
- Forster's tern
  Sterna forsteri
- Sandwich tern
  Sterna sandvicensis

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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
Species Sterna maxima royal tern

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2025. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at https://animaldiversity.org.

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