Talk:Royal tern

Identity crisis

I believe that the Thalasseus maximus should be more correctleylabled as Sterna maxima because i have found that to be a more recent name but i need some help in detirming the right name. So if an expert in orinthology would be able to steer me in the right direction that would be greatly apreciated. --Captain kirkintosh (talk) 01:30, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

The genus Sterna was broken up recently, but you'll probably still find some sources using the old taxonomy. If you search for the species here you'll see Thalasseus used. Sabine's Sunbird talk 04:04, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Thankyou for the clairifiction.Just get some history on the Royal Tern, the tern was part of the genus sterna but that was broken up and so the tern is know officaily part of the genus Thanasseus. Correct? --Captain kirkintosh (talk) 02:41, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Officially implies that there is some overall authority. There isn't, but most regional authorities and works have made that change, yes. Sabine's Sunbird talk 02:20, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Thankyou for the clairification. --Captain kirkintosh (talk) 01:22, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Peculiar text

American birds bird migration|winter south to Peru and Argentina

In the winter, the royal terns that live in America migrate to Peru and Argentina. (?) --Ettrig (talk) 12:18, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Citation error

If someone would help straiten out my citation error I am not sure what i did wrong. If someone would help out it would be appreciated. --Captain kirkintosh (talk) 03:26, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

References in lead

The lead is suppose to be a summary of the article. References are not required in the lead(unless the material is contentious) but go into the body of the article. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 14:49, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Teacher Review

Teacher Review

• This article is in desperate need of a spell check. I counted 10 and threw in the towel. Does your edit window show mispelling as underlined in red? If not - Copy and paste into a Word and let Bill Gates assist. That is fundamental and should precede any request for assistance or reviews .--JimmyButler (talk) 05:37, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Done, and no my computer does not show the misspelled words on wikipedia. --Captain kirkintosh (talk) 02:58, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

• In the introduction you define the subspecies by breeding locations. Would it be better to distinguish them by range. Not certain myself.

Done --Captain kirkintosh (talk) 22:07, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

• There are at least two typos in the introduction.

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• The Royal Tern belongs to the class Aves, which is the class that all birds are held under. Very awkward phrasing, "held under" especially.--JimmyButler (talk) 13:16, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

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• Charadriiformes are mainly seabirds of medium to large size. This contradicts the Wikipedia article on this group.

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• Sternidae becasue that is the class that all terns go under. Note the typo. There is a physical characteristic that defines this group... its not "because all terns go under".

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• The taxonomy of the Royal Tern has been debated, wither the correct scientific name was Thalasseus maximus or Sterna maxima. "wither" like to dry-up? Have a group member proof-read for errors. Scientific names are in italics. (Pause for class)

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• correct name has been found to be You imply the name was found... I suspect it was never lost!

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• it with 5 other spell out the word five

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• Sterna family but a 2005 study showed that it was actually part of the genus Thalasseus. contradicts with the Royal Tern is also in the family Sternidae There is a great deal of confusion introduced in this section.

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• The Royal Tern is not usually found in Europe but it has been seen in the western European countries of Spain and Gibraltar, but it has been seen farther north, but those cases are not confermed. Other than the typo... do you see a writing style concern?

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• S. m. albidorsalis is it s. m. or t. m. you seem to be using both interchangeably?

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• wingspan of 130 cm Include English units for the Americans

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• This species has also wandered to Western Europe as a rare vagrant, these records probably being from the American colonies. records? Is there not a more direct way of saying this?

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• but they also been found eating

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• when there is a large schools of fish are present. You really need a group member to proof.. if for no other reason than to build their portfolio.

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• small crabs, such as blue crabs you mislead the reader, who now think blue crabs are small ... they can be very big.

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• the Royal Tern does not use with its normal plunge-dive technique.. awkward.

Done --Captain kirkintosh (talk) 23:08, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Split?

At least one of the leading authorities (IOC) splits the two subspecies, with the African one being called Greater Crested Tern... what authority does Wikipedia follow for avian taxonomy? – GRM (talk) 09:15, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

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