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Sterninae

subfamily of birds
Taxon taxon Q33140745
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Summary

Sterninae is a taxon[1]. Sterninae ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,211 views/month, #1,235 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: subfamily[3]
  • Parent taxon: Laridae[4]
  • Taxon name: Sterninae[5]
  • Commons category: Laridae[6]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7]
  • Taxon common name: terner[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Birds[10]

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Identifiers

Sterninae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 373567[11]. Sterninae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 553483[12].

Why It Matters

Sterninae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Sterninae is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w 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 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Birds"
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