| Bridled tern | |
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| Adult on Lady Elliot Island, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Onychoprion |
| Species: | O. anaethetus
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| Binomial name | |
| Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli, 1786)
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| Synonyms | |
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Sterna anaethetus Scopoli, 1786 | |
The bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)[2][3][4] is a seabird of the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus comes from onux meaning "claw" or "nail", and prion, meaning "saw". The specific anaethetus means "senseless, stupid".[5]
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Onychoprion anaethetus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22694730A154676367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22694730A154676367.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Scopoli, Giovanni Antonio (1786). Deliciae florae et faunae Insubricae. Vol. 2. Ticini: Ex Typographia Reg. & Imp. Monasterii S. Salvatoris. Praesidib. Rei litter. permittentibus. p. 92.
- ^ Bridge, E. S.; Jones, A. W.; Baker, A. J. (2005). "A phylogenetic framework for the terns (Sternini) inferred from mtDNA sequences: implications for taxonomy and plumage evolution" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 35 (2): 459–469. Bibcode:2005MolPE..35..459B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.010. PMID 15804415. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2006.
- ^ Sometimes the name is (wrongly?) spelled as S. anaestheta, for instance in: Saunders, Howard (1877). "On the Occurrence of the Smaller Sooty Tern at the Mouth of the Thames". The Zoologist. 3. 1: 213–216.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 46, 282. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.