Editing Forster's tern (section)

==Taxonomy==

Forster's tern is a member of the gull and tern family [[Laridae]]; though some taxonomists treat Laridae as a [[Superfamily (biology)|superfamily]], in which terns are placed in their own family, [[Sternidae]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Burger |first=J |title=Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences |last2=Gochfeld |first2=M. |date=2019 |isbn=978-0-12-813082-7 |edition=3rd |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11521-0}}</ref> Forster's tern was named by [[Thomas Nuttall]] in honor of [[Johann Reinhold Forster]], the German naturalist who first suggested it differed from the common tern.<ref name="ARKive" /> Its closest relative is the [[snowy-crowned tern]] (''S. trudeaui'') of South America; the two are [[sister species]] and basal to the rest of the genus ''Sterna''.<ref name=Bridge2005>{{cite journal |last1=Bridge |first1=Eli S. |last2=Jones |first2=Andrew W. |last3=Baker |first3=Allan J. |year=2005 |title=A phylogenetic framework for the terns (Sternini) inferred from mtDNA sequences: implications for taxonomy and plumage evolution |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.010 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=35 |pages=459–469 |pmid=15804415 |issue=2}}</ref>