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Gelochelidon nilotica (gull-billed tern)
Taxonomy
Sterna nilotica was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant. It is the type species of Gelochelidon.
It was recombined as Gelochelidon nilotica by Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Gelochelidon nilotica by Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1789 | Sterna nilotica Gmelin |
| 2001 | Sterna nilotica Olson and Rasmussen p. 269 |
| 2017 | Gelochelidon nilotica Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Gelochelidon nilotica Gmelin 1789 [gull-billed tern]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||