- Anous minutus (Black Noddy)
- Anous minutus americanus (Black Noddy (Caribbean))
- Anous minutus atlanticus
- Anous minutus marcusi
- Anous minutus melanogenys (Black Noddy (Hawaiian))
- Anous minutus minutus
- Anous minutus worcesteri
- Anous stolidus (Brown Noddy)
- Anous stolidus galapagensis
- Anous stolidus pileatus
- Anous stolidus plumbeigularis
- Anous stolidus ridgwayi
- Anous stolidus stolidus
- Anous tenuirostris (Lesser Noddy)
- Anous tenuirostris melanops
- Anous tenuirostris tenuirostris
- Chlidonias albostriatus (Black-fronted Tern)
- Chlidonias hybrida (Whiskered Tern)
- Chlidonias hybrida delalandii
- Chlidonias hybrida fluviatilis
- Chlidonias hybrida hybrida
- Chlidonias hybrida indicus
- Chlidonias hybrida javanicus
- Chlidonias hybrida sclateri
- Chlidonias hybrida swinhoei
- Chlidonias leucopterus (White-winged Tern)
- Chlidonias niger (Black Tern)
- Chlidonias niger niger (Black Tern (Eurasian))
- Chlidonias niger surinamensis (Black Tern (North American))
- Gelochelidon nilotica (Gull-billed Tern)
- Gelochelidon nilotica addenda
- Gelochelidon nilotica arenea
- Gelochelidon nilotica groenvoldi
- Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa
- Gelochelidon nilotica nilotica
- Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi
- Gygis alba (White Tern)
- Gygis alba alba (White Tern (Atlantic))
- Gygis alba candida
- Gygis alba microrhyncha (White Tern (Little))
- Hydroprogne caspia (Caspian Tern)
- Larosterna inca (Inca Tern)
- Onychoprion aleuticus (Aleutian Tern)
- Onychoprion anaethetus (Bridled Tern)
- Onychoprion anaethetus anaethetus
- Onychoprion anaethetus antarcticus
- Onychoprion anaethetus melanopterus
- Onychoprion anaethetus nelsoni
- Onychoprion fuscatus (Sooty Tern)
- Onychoprion fuscatus crissalis
- Onychoprion fuscatus fuscatus
- Onychoprion fuscatus infuscatus
- Onychoprion fuscatus luctuosus
- Onychoprion fuscatus nubilosus
- Onychoprion fuscatus oahuensis
- Onychoprion lunatus (Gray-backed Tern)
- Phaetusa simplex (Large-billed Tern)
- Phaetusa simplex simplex
- Procelsterna albivitta (Gray Noddy)
- Procelsterna albivitta albivitta
- Procelsterna cerulea (Blue Noddy)
- Procelsterna cerulea cerulea
- Procelsterna cerulea murphyi
- Procelsterna cerulea saxatilis
- Sterna acuticauda (Black-bellied Tern)
- Sterna aurantia (River Tern)
- Sterna dougallii (Roseate Tern)
- Sterna dougallii arideensis
- Sterna dougallii bangsi
- Sterna dougallii dougallii
- Sterna dougallii gracilis
- Sterna dougallii korustes
- Sterna forsteri (Forster’s Tern)
- Sterna hirundinacea (South American Tern)
- Sterna hirundo (Common Tern)
- Sterna hirundo hirundo (Common Tern (Common))
- Sterna hirundo longipennis (Common Tern (Siberian))
- Sterna hirundo minussensis
- Sterna hirundo tibetana
- Sterna paradisaea (Arctic Tern)
- Sterna repressa (White-cheeked Tern)
- Sterna striata (White-fronted Tern)
- Sterna striata incerta
- Sterna striata striata
- Sterna sumatrana (Black-naped Tern)
- Sterna sumatrana mathewsi
- Sterna sumatrana sumatrana
- Sterna trudeaui (Snowy-crowned Tern)
- Sterna virgata (Kerguelen Tern)
- Sterna vittata (Antarctic Tern)
- Sterna vittata bethunei
- Sterna vittata gaini
- Sterna vittata georgiae
- Sterna vittata macquariensis
- Sterna vittata tristanensis
- Sterna vittata vittata
- Sternula albifrons (Little Tern)
- Sternula albifrons albifrons
- Sternula albifrons guineae
- Sternula albifrons placens
- Sternula albifrons pusilla
- Sternula albifrons sinensis
- Sternula antillarum (Least Tern)
- Sternula antillarum antillarum (Least Tern (Atlantic))
- Sternula antillarum athalassos (Least Tern (Interior))
- Sternula antillarum browni (Least Tern (California))
- Sternula balaenarum (Damara Tern)
- Sternula lorata (Peruvian Tern)
- Sternula nereis (Fairy Tern)
- Sternula nereis exsul
- Sternula nereis nereis
- Sternula saundersi (Saunders’s Tern)
- Sternula superciliaris (Yellow-billed Tern)
- Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesser Crested Tern)
- Thalasseus bengalensis bengalensis
- Thalasseus bengalensis torresii
- Thalasseus bergii (Great Crested Tern)
- Thalasseus bergii bergii
- Thalasseus bergii cristatus
- Thalasseus bergii thalassinus
- Thalasseus bergii velox
- Thalasseus bernsteini (Chinese Crested Tern)
- Thalasseus elegans (Elegant Tern)
- Thalasseus maximus (Royal Tern)
- Thalasseus maximus albididorsalis
- Thalasseus maximus maximus
- Thalasseus sandvicensis (Sandwich Tern)
- Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus (Sandwich Tern (acuflavidus))
- Thalasseus sandvicensis sandvicensis