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Himaya: | Animalia (Wanyama)
| Faila: | Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)
| Ngeli: | Aves (Ndege)
| Oda: | Charadriiformes (Ndege kamavitwitwi)
| Familia: | Sternidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba nabuabua)
| Jenasi: | AnousStephens, 1826
ChlidoniasRafinesque, 1822 GelochelidonBrehm, 1830 GygisWagler, 1832 HydroprogneKaup, 1829 LarosternaBlyth, 1852 OnychoprionWagler, 1832 PhaetusaWagler, 1832 ProcelsternaLafresnaye, 1842 SternaLinnaeus, 1758 SternulaGould, 1843 ThalasseusBoie, 1822
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Buabua nindege wafamiliaSternidae. Watu wengi huita ndege hawashakwe kama spishi za familiaLaridae. Wengine hutumia jina buabua kwa spishi za jenasiAnous naChlidonias. Spishi za jenasiGygis ni nyeupe kabisa, zile zaSterna ni nyeupe na zina utosi weusi; spishi nyingi zina madoa meusi kwa mabawa pia. Spishi zaChlidonias zina zaidi ya rangi nyeusi, hata kwa mwili wao, na spishi zaAnous zina rangi nyeupe chache tu. Buabua wana domo refu kadiri lenye ncha kali. Wanaweza kuogelea na wana ngozi kati ya vidole vyao.
Kama shakwe, buabua huhusiswha na pwani, lakini spishi nyingi wanatokea mbali na bahari, kwa kawaida karibu na maji. Huwakamatasamaki wakipiga mbizi, lakini spishi zaChlidonias huwakamatawadudu pia kutoka juu ya maji baridi. Hulitengeneza tago lao chini, mara nyingi kisiwani.
- Anous minutus,Buabua Mweusi (Black Noddy)
- Anous stolidus,Buabua Kahawia (Brown Noddy)
- Anous tenuirostris,Buabua Domo-jembamba (Lesser Noddy)
- Chlidonias hybridus,Buabua Masharubu (Whiskered Tern)
- Chlidonias leucopterus,Buabua Mabawa-meupe (White-winged Tern)
- Chlidonias niger,Buabua Mabawa-kijivu (Black Tern)
- Gelochelidon nilotica,Buabua Domo-nene (Gull-billed Tern)
- Gygis alba,Buabua Mweupe (White Tern au White Noddy)
- Hydroprogne caspia,Buabua Domo-kubwa (Caspian Tern)
- Onychoprion anaethetus,Buabua Mgongo-kijivu (Bridled Tern)
- Onychoprion fuscatus,Buabua Mgongo-mweusi (Sooty Tern)
- Sterna dougallii,Buabua Mkia-mshale (Roseate Tern)
- Sterna hirundo,Buabua Mbayuwayu (Common Tern)
- Sterna paradisaea,Buabua wa Akitiki (Arctic Tern)
- Sterna repressa,Buabua Mashavu-meupe (White-cheeked Tern)
- Sterna sumatrana,Buabua Kisogo-cheusi (Black-naped Tern)
- Sterna virgata,Buabua wa Kerguelen (Kerguelen Tern)
- Sterna vittata,Buabua wa Antakitiki (Antarctic Tern)
- Sternula albifrons,Buabua Kibete (Little Tern)
- Sternula balaenarum,Buabua wa Damara (Damara Tern)
- Sternula saundersi,Buabua wa Saunders (Saunders’s Tern)
- Thalasseus bengalensis,Buabua Kishungi Mdogo (Lesser Crested Tern)
- Thalasseus bergii,Buabua Kishungi Mkubwa (Greater Crested Tern)
- Thalasseus maximus,Buabua Mfalme (Royal Tern)
- Thalasseus sandvicensis,Buabua Domo-rangimbili (Sandwich Tern)
Buabua mweusi
Buabua kahawia
Buabua domo-jembamba
Buabua masharubu
Buabua mabawa-meupe
Buabua mabawa-kijivu
Buabua domo-nene
Buabua mweupe
Buabua domo-kubwa
Buabua mgongo-kijivu
Buabua mgongo-mweusi
Buabua mkia-mshale
Buabua mbayuwayu
Buabua wa Akitiki
Buabua mashavu-meupe
Buabua kisogo-cheusi
Buabua wa Kerguelen
Buabua wa Antakitiki
Buabua kibete
Buabua kishungi mdogo
Buabua kishungi mkubwa
Buabua mfalme
Buabua domo-rangimbili
Inca tern
Grey-backed tern
Grey noddy
Blue noddy
River tern
Forster’s tern
White-fronted tern
Least tern
Yellow-billed tern
Elegant tern