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Royal Tern

Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List
Sterna maxima Boddaert 1783
Species recognized by GBIF classification
Thalasseus maximus
Species recognized by wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, Angola Species List, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Barbados Species List, Belize Species List, Bermuda Species List, Brazil Species List, Cameroon Species List, Canada Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Curacao Species List, Dominica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, British Virgin Islands Species List, France Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Ghana Species List, Grenada Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Honduras Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Jamaica Species List, Liberia Species List, Mauritania Species List, Montserrat Species List, Morocco Species List, Namibia Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Norway Species List, Panama Species List, Peru Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Saint Barthelemy Species List, Saint Kitts and Nevis Species List, Saint Lucia Species List, Saint Martin Species List, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Species List, Senegal Species List, Sint Maarten Species List, Suriname Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Togo Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Uruguay Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Argentina Species List, Cuba Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Mexico Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Rio de la Plata Species List, Skagerrak Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia BR, wikipedia NN, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia gl Galician, Wildfinder (WWF), and United States Species List
Thalasseus maximus
Recognized by CalPhotos, Furui 2020, and EOL staff
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783)
Recognized by Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel
Thalasseus maximus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, xeno canto America, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Thalasseus maximus
Recognized by PlanetScott, Flickr Group, AnAge, and Flickr BHL
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, and TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Sterna maxima
Synonym according to NCBI
Sterna maxima Boddaert 1783
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Sterna maxima Boddaert 1783
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Sterna maxima maxima Boddaert 1783
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Sterna maxima maxima Boddaert 1783
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Thalasseus maxima (Boddaert 1783)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Thalasseus maxima (Boddaert 1783)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Thalasseus maxima maxima (Boddaert 1783)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Thalasseus maxima maxima (Boddaert 1783)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Thalasseus maximus maximus (Boddaert 1783)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Thalasseus maximus maximus (Boddaert 1783)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Royal Tern preferred
Recognized by PlanetScott, Wikidata Common Names, and xeno canto America
Royal tern
prefer
Recognized by AnAge and Flickr BHL

Afrikaans

Koningseeswael (Koningsterretjie) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

خرشنة ملكية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Kral susüpürəni preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Breton

Skrav meur preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

кралска рибарка preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

xatrac reial bec-roig preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Cebuano

Sterna maxima preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

皇家燕鷗 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

kraljevska čigra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

rybák královský preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Kongeterne preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Koningsstern preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Pleja krestoŝterno preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

kuningtiir preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

kuningastiira preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Sterne royale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Galician

Carrán real preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Königsseeschwalbe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

שחפית תלאסאוס גדולה preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

királycsér preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Rosaþerna preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

Geabhróg ríúil preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Sterna reale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

アメリカオオアジサシ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

karaliskais zīriņš preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

karališkoji žuvėdra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Tónteel táshchozhii bétʼoodígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Northern Sami

Gonagasčearret preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Kongeterne preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

پرستوی دریایی بزرگ پشت‌سفید preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

rybitwa królewska preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

garajau-real preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
trinta-réis-real
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Королевская крачка preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Scottish Gaelic

Sternag reeoil preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

rybár veľký preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Charrán real preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
kraljeva čigra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

kungstärna preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

крячок королівський preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Nhàn hoàng gia preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Waray

Sterna maxima preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Welsh

Môr-wennol fawr preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

خرشنه ملكيه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pap

Meuchi real preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Thalasseus Boie & F 1822
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783) (this page)
Thalasseus acuflavidus (Cabot & S 1847)
Thalasseus albididorsalis (Hartert 1921)
Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson & R 1831)
Thalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein & Mhk 1823)
Thalasseus bernsteini (Schlegel 1863)
Thalasseus elegans (Gambel 1849)
Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham 1787)

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Thalasseus F. Boie 1822
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783) (this page)
Thalasseus acuflavidus (S. Cabot 1847)
Thalasseus albididorsalis (E. Hartert 1921)
Thalasseus bengalensis (R. Lesson 1831)
Thalasseus bergii (M. H. K. Lichtenstein 1823)
Thalasseus bernsteini (Schlegel 1863)
Thalasseus elegans (Gambel 1849)
Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham 1787)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Thalasseus Boie & F 1822
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783) (this page)
Thalasseus acuflavidus (Cabot & S 1847)
Thalasseus albididorsalis (Hartert 1921)
Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson & R 1831)
Thalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein & Mhk 1823)
Thalasseus bernsteini (Schlegel 1863)
Thalasseus elegans (Gambel 1849)
Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham 1787)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Paraves
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Thalasseus Boie & F 1822
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783) (this page)
Thalasseus maximus albididorsalis (Hartert 1921)
Thalasseus maximus maximus (Boddaert 1783)
Thalasseus acuflavidus (Cabot & S 1847)
Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson & R 1831)
Thalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein & Mhk 1823)
Thalasseus bernsteini (Schlegel 1863)
Thalasseus elegans (Gambel 1849)
Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham 1787)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna Linnaeus 1758
Sterna maxima Boddaert 1783 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna affinis Cretzschmar 1827
Sterna anglica Montagu 1813
Sterna aurantia J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna australis Gmelin 1789
Sterna cerulea Bennet 1840
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Sterna fuscata Linnaeus 1766
Sterna grisea Horsfield 1821
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna macroura
Sterna media Horsfield 1821
Sterna nilotica Gmelin 1789
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna poliocerca Gould 1837
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna sanctipauli Gould 1865
Sterna seena Sykes 1832
Sterna striata Gmelin 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna tibetana Saunders 1876
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna tschegrava Lepechin 1770
Sterna velox Cretzschmar 1827
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin 1789

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Thalasseus F. Boie 1822
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783) (this page)
Thalasseus acuflavidus (S. Cabot 1847)
Thalasseus albididorsalis (E. Hartert 1921)
Thalasseus bengalensis (R. Lesson 1831)
Thalasseus bergii (M. H. K. Lichtenstein 1823)
Thalasseus bernsteini (Schlegel 1863)
Thalasseus elegans (Gambel 1849)
Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham 1787)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783) (this page)
Anous albivittus (Bonaparte 1856)
Anous ceruleus (Bennett 1840)
Anous minutus Boie 1844
Anous stolidus (Linnaeus 1758)
Anous tenuirostris (Temminck 1823)
Chlidonias albostriatus (Gray 1845)
Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas 1811)
Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck 1815)
Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus 1758)
Creagrus furcatus (Néboux 1842)
Gelochelidon macrotarsa (Gould 1837)
Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin 1789)
Gygis alba (Sparrman 1786)
Gygis microrhyncha Saunders 1876
Hydrocoloeus minutus Pallas 1776
Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas 1770)
Larosterna inca (Lesson 1827)
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan 1763
Larus armenicus Buturlin 1934
Larus atlanticus Olrog 1958
Larus atricilla Linnaeus 1758
Larus audouinii Payraudeau 1826
Larus belcheri Vigors 1829
Larus brunnicephalus Jerdon 1840
Larus bulleri Hutton 1871
Larus cachinnans Pallas 1811
Larus californicus Lawrence 1854
Larus canus Linnaeus 1758
Larus cirrocephalus Vieillot 1818
Larus crassirostris Vieillot 1818
Larus delawarensis Ord 1815
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein 1823
Larus fuliginosus Gould 1841
Larus fuscus Linnaeus 1758
Larus genei Brème 1839
Larus glaucescens Naumann 1840
Larus hartlaubii Bruch 1853
Larus heermanni Cassin 1852
Larus hemprichii Bruch 1853
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus 1767
Larus ichthyaetus Pallas 1773
Larus leucophthalmus Temminck 1825
Larus livens Dwight 1919
Larus maculipennis Lichtenstein 1823
Larus marinus Linnaeus 1758
Larus melanocephalus Temminck 1820
Larus michahellis J. F. Naumann 1840
Larus modestus Tschudi 1843
Larus novaehollandiae Stephens 1826
Larus occidentalis Audubon 1839
Larus pacificus Latham 1801
Larus philadelphia (Ord 1815)
Larus pipixcan Wagler 1831
Larus relictus Lönnberg 1931
Larus ridibundus Linnaeus 1766
Larus schistisagus Stejneger 1884
Larus scoresbii (Traill 1823)
Larus serranus Tschudi 1844
Larus smithsonianus Coues 1862
Onychoprion aleuticus (Baird 1869)
Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli 1786)
Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus 1766)
Onychoprion lunatus (Peale 1848)
Pagophila eburnea (Phipps 1774)
Phaetusa simplex (Gmelin 1789)
Rhodostethia rosea (MacGillivray 1824)
Rissa brevirostris (Bruch 1853)
Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus 1758)
Rynchops albicollis Swainson 1838
Rynchops flavirostris Vieillot 1816
Rynchops niger Linnaeus 1758
Saundersilarus saundersi (Swinhoe 1871)
Sterna acuticauda Gray 1832
Sterna aurantia Gray 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna striata Gmelin 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin 1789
Sternula albifrons (Pallas 1764)
Sternula antillarum Lesson 1847
Sternula balaenarum Strickland 1852
Sternula lorata (Philippi & Landbeck 1861)
Sternula nereis Gould 1843
Sternula saundersi (Hume 1877)
Sternula superciliaris (Vieillot 1819)
Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson 1831)
Thalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein 1823)
Thalasseus bernsteini (Schlegel 1863)
Thalasseus elegans (Gambel 1849)
Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham 1787)
Xema sabini (Sabine 1819)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Archelosauria
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Coelurosauria
Aves
Neognathae
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Thalasseus
Thalasseus maximus (this page)
Thalasseus maximus albididorsalis
Thalasseus maximus maximus
Thalasseus bengalensis
Thalasseus bergii
Thalasseus bernsteini
Thalasseus elegans
Thalasseus sandvicensis

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Aves
Neognathae
Neoaves
Passerea
Gruae
Gruimorphae
Charadriiformes
Lari
Laridae
Thalasseus
Thalasseus maximus (this page)
Thalasseus maximus albididorsalis
Thalasseus maximus maximus
Thalasseus acuflavidus
Thalasseus albididorsalis
Thalasseus bengalensis
Thalasseus bergii
Thalasseus bernsteini
Thalasseus elegans
Thalasseus eurygnathus
Thalasseus sandvicensis
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