Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Sternidae > 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: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

English-United States: Royal Tern sources: Charles Hussey

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., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (418 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Sterna maxima. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137163

Drs Cees Roselaar. Sterna maxima Boddaert, 1783. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96953