Parent: Laridae (Gulls)

└─ Sternula

└─── Sternula albifrons (Little tern)

└─── Sternula antillarum (Least tern)

└─── Sternula balaenarum (Damara tern)

└─── Sternula lorata (Peruvian tern)

└─── Sternula nereis (Fairy tern)

└─── Sternula saundersi (Saunders's tern)

└─── Sternula superciliaris (Yellow-billed tern)