Marsh tern

Marsh terns
Black-fronted tern (above)
Chlidonias albostriatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Chlidonias
Rafinesque, 1822
Type species
Sterna melanops[1]
Rafinesque, 1822
Species
  • Chlidonias niger
  • Chlidonias leucopterus
  • Chlidonias hybrida
  • Chlidonias albostriatus

The name marsh tern refers to terns of the genus Chlidonias, which typically breed in freshwater marshes, rather than coastal locations.

  1. ^ "Laridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.