RAS taxon details
Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789)
148798 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148798)
accepted
Species
Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted
marine, terrestrial
(of Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Aves Anseres. Tome I. Pars II. <em>In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae.</em> 1(2): 501-1032., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25749876
page(s): 606 [details]
page(s): 606 [details]
RAS (2025). Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148798 on 2026-09-13
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148798 on 2026-09-13
original description
(of Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Aves Anseres. Tome I. Pars II. <em>In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae.</em> 1(2): 501-1032., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25749876
page(s): 606 [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong Offshore Wind Farm in SoutheasternWaters. EIA report. [details]
basis of record Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. <em>Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium.</em> 48 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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
additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
page(s): 606 [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong Offshore Wind Farm in SoutheasternWaters. EIA report. [details]
basis of record Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. <em>Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium.</em> 48 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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
additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (154 publications) (from synonym Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (351 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gelochelidon nilotica)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 63 proteins)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 63 proteins) (from synonym Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (154 publications) (from synonym Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (351 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gelochelidon nilotica)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 63 proteins)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 63 proteins) (from synonym Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789)
To ITIS
