| Gelochelidon | |
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| Australian tern (Gelochelidon macrotarsa) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Subfamily: | Sterninae |
| Genus: | Gelochelidon Brehm, CL, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Gelochelidon meridionalis[1] = Sterna nilotica Brehm, 1830
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Gelochelidon is a genus of terns. It was considered a monotypic genus until the Australian tern was split from the gull-billed tern.