Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Laroidea > Family Laridae > Subfamily Sterninae > Genus Sterna

Sterna maxima Boddaert, 1783

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sterna*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: koningsstern sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

English: royal tern sources: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

French: sterne royale sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Königsseeschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: karališkoji žuvėdra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: rybitwa królewska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: крачка королевская sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kraljeva čigra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: charrán real sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Королівський крячок; Крячок королівський sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: môr-wennol fawr

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.