Buabua

Buabua

Uainishaji wa kisayansi

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

Buabuanindegewafamilia Sternidae.Watu wengi huita ndege hawashakwekama spishi za familiaLaridae.Wengine hutumia jina buabua kwa spishi za jenasiAnousnaChlidonias.Spishi za jenasiGygisni nyeupe kabisa, zile zaSternani nyeupe na zina utosi weusi; spishi nyingi zina madoa meusi kwa mabawa pia. Spishi zaChlidoniaszina zaidi ya rangi nyeusi, hata kwa mwili wao, na spishi zaAnouszina 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. Huwakamatasamakiwakipiga mbizi, lakini spishi zaChlidoniashuwakamatawadudupia kutoka juu ya maji baridi. Hulitengeneza tago lao chini, mara nyingi kisiwani.

Spishi za Afrika

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 Ternau 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)

Spishi za mabara mengine

Chlidonias albostriatus(Black-fronted Tern) zamaniSterna albostriata
Gygis microrhyncha(Little White Tern)
Larosterna inca(Inca Tern)
Onychoprion aleuticus(Aleutian Tern)
Onychoprion lunatus(Spectaclesau Grey-backed Tern)
Phaetusa simplex(Large-billed Tern)
Procelsterna albivitta(Grey Noddy)
Procelsterna cerulea(Blue Noddy)
Sterna acuticauda(Black-bellied Tern) labdaChlidonias
Sterna aurantia(River Tern)
Sterna forsteri(Forster's Tern)
Sterna hirundinacea(South American Tern)
Sterna striata(White-fronted Tern)
Sterna trudeaui(Snowy-crownedau Trudeau's Tern)
Sternula antillarum(Least Tern) zamani imeainishwa kama spishi ndogo waSterna albifrons
Sternula lorata(Peruvian Tern)
Sternula nereis(Fairy Tern)
Sternula superciliaris(Yellow-billed Tern)
Thalasseus acuflavidus(Cabot's Tern)
Thalasseus bernsteini(Chinese Crested Tern)
Thalasseus elegans(Elegant Tern)