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Sterna elegans

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Sterna elegans

Summary

Sterna elegans is a taxon[1].

Key Facts

  • Sterna elegans's instance of is recorded as taxon[2].
  • Sterna elegans is classified at the rank of species[3].
  • Sterna elegans belongs to the parent taxon Sterna[4].
  • Sterna elegans's scientific name is Sterna elegans[5].
  • Sterna elegans is commonly known as Elegant tern[6].
  • Sterna elegans's protonym of is recorded as Elegant Tern[7].

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Classification

Sterna elegans's scientific name is Sterna elegans[5]. It is classified at the rank of species[3]. It is classified within Sterna[4]. It is commonly known as Elegant tern[6].

Identifiers

Sterna elegans's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5229262[8]. Sterna elegans's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176925[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → Elegant tern
    Ebiodiversity id → 101536
    Fauna europaea new id → 1e38168c-eff2-47cc-ae0a-5f7322216511
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