Gelochelidon
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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.
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Gelochelidon | |
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Australian tern (Gelochelidon macrotarsa) | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
Species | |
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