Gelochelidon
Gelochelidon is a genus of terns. It was considered a monotypic genus until the Australian tern was split from the gull-billed tern.
Gelochelidon | |
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Australian tern (Gelochelidon macrotarsa) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Subfamily: | Sterninae |
Genus: | Gelochelidon Brehm, 1830 |
Type species | |
Gelochelidon meridionalis[1] = Sterna nilotica Brehm, 1830 | |
Species | |
See text |
Taxonomy
The genus Gelochelidon was introduced in 1830 by the German zoologist Alfred Brehm.[2] The type species is the gull-billed tern.[3] The name combines the Ancient Greek gelaō meaning "to laugh" with khelidōn meaning "swallow".[4]
The genus contains 2 species:[5]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Gull-billed tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | southern Europe, temperate and eastern Asia, both coasts of North America, eastern South America. | |
Australian tern | Gelochelidon macrotarsa | Australia and New Guinea. | |
References
- "Laridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- Brehm, Alfred (1830). "Beschluss der Uebersicht der deutschen Vögel". Isis von Oken (in German and Latin). 23. cols 985–1013 [994].
- Peters, James Lee, ed. (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 329.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Noddies, gulls, terns, skimmers, skuas, auks". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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