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Onychoprion fuscatus (sooty tern)

Osteichthyes - Charadriiformes - Laridae

Taxonomy
Sterna fuscata was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Onychoprion fuscatus by Clements et al. (2017).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2016-01-26; modified by M. Clapham on 2018-04-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Sterna fuscata Linnaeus
1974Sterna fuscata Brodkorb p. 240
1982Sterna fuscata Olson and Hilgartner p. 34
1990Sterna fuscata Olson et al. p. 9
1990Sterna fuscata Steadman et al. p. 131
1994Sterna fuscata Steadman and Intoh p. 129
2017Onychoprion fuscatus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
suborderLariSharpe 1891
infraorderLarides
superfamilyLaroideaStejneger 1885
familyLaridaeVigors 1825
genusOnychoprionWagler 1832
speciesfuscatus(Linnaeus 1766)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus 1766 [sooty tern]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available