Classificatie
Animalia [rijk]Chordata [fylum]
Aves [klasse]
Charadriiformes [orde]
Laridae [familie]
Sterna [geslacht]
Genus Sterna heeft de volgende onderliggende taxa:
Sterna albifrons [species]
Sterna caspia [species]
Sterna dougallii [species]
Sterna hirundo [species]
Sterna paradisaea [species]
Sterna sandvicensis [species]