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Unresolved name

Gray Backed Tern

Sterna lunata

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Sterna lunata
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Sterna lunata Peale 1848
Species recognized by World Register of Marine Species
Sterna lunata Peale 1848
Recognized by NMNH Collection

Common Names

English

gray-backed tern preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
grey-backed tern
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
spectacled tern
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Dutch; Flemish

Fijistern preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

French

sterne à dos gris preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

ナンヨウマミジロアジサシ preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
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Curated hierarchies for Sterna lunata

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Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Aves
Neognathae
Neoaves
Passerea
Gruae
Gruimorphae
Charadriiformes
Lari
Sternidae
Sterna
Sterna lunata (this page)
Sterna acuflavida
Sterna acuticauda
Sterna albifrons
Sterna albostriata
Sterna aleutica
Sterna anaetherus
Sterna anaethetus
Sterna anglica
Sterna aurantia
Sterna balaenarum
Sterna bengalensis
Sterna bergii
Sterna bernsteini
Sterna camtschatica
Sterna caspia
Sterna cerulea
Sterna dougallii
Sterna elegans
Sterna eurygnatha
Sterna fluviatilis
Sterna forsteri
Sterna fuscata
Sterna grisea
Sterna hirundinacea
Sterna hirundo
Sterna hybrida
Sterna javanica
Sterna leucoptera
Sterna lorata
Sterna maxima
Sterna media
Sterna milne-edwardsii
Sterna minuta
Sterna nereis
Sterna niger
Sterna nigra
Sterna nilotica
Sterna oahuensis
Sterna paradisaea
Sterna philadelphia
Sterna poliocerca
Sterna repressa
Sterna sanctipauli
Sterna sandvicensis
Sterna sandvichensis
Sterna saundersi
Sterna seena
Sterna similis
Sterna simplex
Sterna striata
Sterna sumatrana
Sterna superciliaris
Sterna tenuirostris
Sterna tibetana
Sterna trudeaui
Sterna tschegrava
Sterna virgata
Sterna vittata
Sterna zimmermanni

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna
Sterna lunata Peale 1848 (this page)
Sterna acuflavida acuflavida Cabot 1847
Sterna acuticauda Gray 1832
Sterna aurantia Gray 1831
Sterna bengalensis bengalensis Lesson 1831
Sterna bengalensis emigrata Neumann 1934
Sterna bengalensis Lesson 1831
Sterna bengalensis torresii (Gould 1843)
Sterna bergii bergii (Lichtenstein 1823)
Sterna bergii cristatus Stephens 1826
Sterna bergii enigmus (Clancey 1979)
Sterna bergii gwendolenae Mathews 1912
Sterna bergii Lichtenstein 1823
Sterna bergii thalassinus Stresemann 1914
Sterna bergii velox Cretzschmar 1827
Sterna bernsteini Schlegel 1863
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna elegans Gambel 1849
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna hirundo longipennis von Nordmann 1835
Sterna maxima albididorsalis Hartert 1921
Sterna maxima Boddaert 1783
Sterna maxima maxima Boddaert 1783
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna sandvicensis Latham 1787
Sterna striata Gmelin 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin 1789
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