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燕鸥属（学名：Sterna）是燕鸥科下的一个属。此属过去包括了绝大多数“白色的”燕鸥，但是近来mtDNA序列的比较发现此属是一个并系群（paraphyletic），所以将此属做了一些调整。
本属包括以下物种：
- 黑腹燕鸥 Sterna acuticauda J.E.Gray, 1831
- 红嘴巨鸥 Sterna aurantia J.E.Gray, 1831
- Sterna australis Gmelin, 1789
- 红燕鸥 Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
- 加拿大燕鸥 Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834
- Sterna fuliginosa Gmelin, 1789
- Sterna galericulata
- 南美燕鸥 Sterna hirundinacea Lesson, 1831
- 普通燕鸥 Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
- Sterna magna
- Sterna melanops Rafinesque, 1822
- Sterna milneedwardsi Riabinin, 1931
- Sterna minuta Linnaeus, 1766
- 北极燕鸥 Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
- 白颊燕鸥 Sterna repressa Hartert, 1916
- 白脸燕鸥 Sterna striata Gmelin, 1789
- 黑枕燕鸥 Sterna sumatrana Raffles, 1822
- 特鲁氏燕鸥 Sterna trudeaui Audubon, 1838
- 克格伦燕鸥 Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875
- 南极燕鸥 Sterna vittata Gmelin, 1789
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- Bridge, E. S.; Jones, A. W. & Baker, A. J. (2005): A phylogenetic framework for the terns (Sternini) inferred from mtDNA sequences: implications for taxonomy and plumage evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 459–469. PDF fulltext.
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