Gw mau tau Daftar Spesies dan Klasifikasi dari Dara laut

Menurut kajian mtDNA dan ulasan oleh Bridge et al. (2005), genera dan spesies Dara-laut adalah sebagai berikut:

Genera Anous, Procelsterna, Gygis - Camarangguk. Kelompok tropis.

Camar Coklat/Camarangguk Coklat/Dara-laut Hitam Besar Anous stolidus

Camar Hitam/Camarangguk Hitam/Dara-laut Hitam Kecil Anous minutus

Camar Putih Mata Cincin/Dara-laut Putih Gygis alba

Genus Onychoprion - Dara-laut berpunggung cokelat.

Dara-laut Kendal/Dara-laut Sayap Coklat/Dara-laut Batu Onychoprion anaethetus

Dara-laut Hitam/Dara-laut Sayap Hitam Onychoprion fuscata

Genus Sternula - Dara-laut putih kecil.

Genus Phaetusa - Dara-laut berparuh besar.

Genus Hydroprogne - Dara-laut Caspia.

Genus Gelochelidon - Dara-laut berparuh camar

Dara-laut Paruh Hitam/Dara-laut TiramGelochelidon nilotica

Genus Larosterna - Dara-laut Inca.

Larosterna inca Genus Chlidonias - Dara-laut Rawa

Chlidonias niger Dara-laut Sayap Putih Chlidonias leucopterus Dara-laut Kumis/Dara-laut Berkumis Chlidonias hybridus Chlidonias albostriatus (ex-Sterna albostriata)

Genus Thalasseus - Dara-laut berjambul.

Dara-laut Jambul Kecil/Dara-laut Jambul Putih/Dara-laut Benggala Thalasseus bengalensis Thalasseus maximus Dara-laut Jambul Besar/Dara-laut Jambul Thalasseus bergii Dara-laut Cina/Dara-laut Berjambul Thalasseus bernsteini Thalasseus elegans Thalasseus sandvicensis Genus Sterna - Dara-laut putih besar

Sterna forsteri Sterna trudeaui Dara-laut Biasa/Dara-laut Hirunda Sterna hirundo Dara-laut Jambon/Dara-laut Jambu/Dara-laut Dougalli Sterna dougallii Sterna striata Dara-laut Tengkuk Hitam/Dara-laut Sumatra Sterna sumatrana Sterna hirundinacea Sterna vittata Sterna virgata Dara-laut ArktikSterna paradisaea Sterna aurantia Sterna acuticauda Sterna repressa Galeri

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