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Sterna aurantia · Family Laridae
Sterna aurantia
Family Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 126,995
- Countries and territories with records
- 13
About this species
This species has 126,995 occurrence records from 13 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). India accounts for 98.8% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In India, this species accounts for 0.2% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Sterna aurantia combines the genus name Sterna with the species epithet aurantia. The Warbla app catalog lists 13 species of the genus Sterna; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Sterna hirundo, Sterna forsteri and Sterna paradisaea.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 101 species of the family Laridae. This species ranks 47th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Larus delawarensis. Its record count is 14.5% of the family average (874,525). The family Laridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.