MSBIAS - Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764

MSBIAS name details

Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764

Sterna albifrons

AphiaID

137157 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137157)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764)

Rank

Species

Parent

Sterna Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

Pallas, P.S. (1764). Avium variarum præcedenti Elencho infertarum, led quae in Syftemate Naturae lllustr. Linnæi nondum extant. Vroeg, A. (ed.). Beredeneerde catalogus van eene, by uitstek fraaye en weergaalooze verzameling, zoo van inlandsche als uitheemsche vogelen, viervoetige en gekorvene dieren. 7 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56365380
page(s): 6 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MSBIAS (2026). Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137157 on 2026-07-01

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137157 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2011-04-04 14:27:54Z

changed

Adriaens, Peter

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original description Pallas, P.S. (1764). Avium variarum præcedenti Elencho infertarum, led quae in Syftemate Naturae lllustr. Linnæi nondum extant. Vroeg, A. (ed.). Beredeneerde catalogus van eene, by uitstek fraaye en weergaalooze verzameling, zoo van inlandsche als uitheemsche vogelen, viervoetige en gekorvene dieren. 7 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56365380
page(s): 6 [details]

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors