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Sterna vittata

Description

The Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata) is a typical tern. It ranges throughout the southern oceans. It is very similar in appearance to the closely related Arctic tern, but is stockier, and the wing tips are grey instead of blackish in flight. It is in breeding plumage in the southern summer, when the Arctic tern has moulted to its non-breeding plumage (though this is not useful for separating it from another species, the South American tern).


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9606968https://www.gbif.org/species/9606968
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)372784https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=372784
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae : Sterna : Sterna vittata
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae : Sterna : Sterna vittata
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyLaridaeVigors 1825
genusSternaLinnaeus 1758
speciesSterna vittataGmelin 1789
Generic NameSterna
Common NameAntarctic tern
Scientific NameSterna vittata Gmelin, 1789
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sterna vittataspeciesbelongs to Sternastated with evidenceGmelin, 1789
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentmarine (based on Charadriiformes)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Coelurosauria)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. F. Clements, T. S. Schulenberg, and M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017
Common Name(s) Antarctic Tern, Antipoden-seeschwalbe, Antarctic Tern (antarctic), Antarktikseeschwalbe, Charrán Antártico, Grysborsseeswael (grysborssterretjie), Sterna Antartica, Sterne Couronnée, Sydhavsterne, Sørhavsterne, Zuidpoolstern, Antarktinė žuvėdra, Antarktistärna, Antarktiszi Csér, Eteläntiira, Lõunatiir, Rybitwa Antarktyczna, Rybák Jižní, Rybár Rajský, Trinta-réis-antártico, Xatrac Antàrtic, Антарктическая крачка, ナンキョクアジサシ, 南极燕鸥, 南極燕鷗, Antarctische Stern, Wreathed Tern
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterna_vittata

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sterna vittata bethunei
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sterna vittata bollonsi
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sterna vittata gaini
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sterna vittata georgiae
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sterna vittata macquariensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sterna vittata tristanensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sterna vittata vittata
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1789Sterna vittata Gmelin
2017Sterna vittata Clements et al.

References

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017
Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
(1996) database, NODC Taxonomic Code - via Catalogue of Life
Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names - via Catalogue of Life
(2011) IOC World Bird List, Master List v2.9 - via Catalogue of Life
(2011) Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.04.02 - via Catalogue of Life
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. - via World Register of Marine Species
Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK. - via World Register of Marine Species
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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