Family Sternidae Bonaparte 1838 (tern)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Sternidae

Alternative spelling: Sterninae

Parent taxon: Laromorphae according to G. Mayr 2022

See also Chandler 1990, De Pietri et al. 2011, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Smith 2011, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Laricola, Laricolidae, Sternalara

Subtaxa: Phaetusa

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of American Samoa (1 collection), Brazil (1), French Polynesia (1), Italy (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Micronesia (2), Solomon Islands (11), Spain (1)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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