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Sterninae

subfamily of birds
Taxon taxon Q33140745
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Sterninae

Summary

Sterninae is a taxon[1]. Sterninae ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,937 views/month, #1,235 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sterninae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sterninae is classified at the rank of subfamily[4].
  • Sterninae belongs to the parent taxon Laridae[5].
  • Sterninae's scientific name is Sterninae[6].
  • Sterninae's Commons category is recorded as Laridae[7].
  • Sterninae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • Sterninae is commonly known as terner[9].
  • Sterninae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].
  • Sterninae's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Birds[11].

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Classification

Sterninae's scientific name is Sterninae[6]. Sterninae is classified at the rank of subfamily[4]. Sterninae is classified within Laridae[5]. Sterninae is commonly known as terner[9].

Identifiers

Sterninae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 373567[12]. Sterninae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 553483[13].

Why It Matters

Sterninae ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,937 views/month, #1,235 of 195,241).[2] Sterninae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Sterninae is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Treisijs · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Laridae
    Instance of → taxon
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Birds
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6104]]: [[Q11756018]]"
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