STERNA
Sterna
Sterna is a genus of terns in the bird family Sternidae. It used to encompass most "white" terns indiscriminately, but mtDNA sequence comparisons have recently determined that this arrangement is paraphyletic . It is now restricted to the typical large white terns occurring near-globally in coastal regions.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Sterna
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