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Hydroprogne caspia
(Pallas, 1770)
Sterna caspia
AphiaID
567825
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567825)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Hydroprogne
Hydroprogne caspia
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Hydroprogne
Kaup, 1829
Original name
Sterna caspia
Pallas, 1770
Synonymised names
Sterna caspia
Pallas, 1770
·
unaccepted
(synonym)
Environment
marine, terrestrial
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
NARMS (2025).
Hydroprogne caspia
(Pallas, 1770). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=567825 on 2026-04-26
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Hydroprogne caspia
(Pallas, 1770). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=567825 on 2026-04-26
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2011-04-07 09:46:00Z
created
Adriaens, Peter
2011-11-23 13:20:47Z
changed
Adriaens, Peter
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Sources (3)
Documented distribution (6)
Attributes (112)
Vernaculars (2)
Links (12)
Images (2)
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong Offshore Wind Farm in SoutheasternWaters. EIA report.
[details]
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre.
,
available online at
https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/
[details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
(look up in
IMIS
)
[details]
Available for editors
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Definitions
Language
Name
English
Caspian tern
[from synonym]
[details]
French
sterne caspienne
[from synonym]
[details]
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (200 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (862 publications)
(from synonym
Sterna caspia
Pallas, 1770
)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydroprogne caspia)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
(from synonym
Sterna caspia
Pallas, 1770
)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To PESI
(from synonym
Sterna caspia
Pallas, 1770
)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Sterna caspia
Image from
synonym
Sterna caspia
Image from
synonym