White Tern Gygis alba Scientific name definitions
- Names (38)
- Subspecies (4)
Kenneth R. Niethammer and Laura B. Patrick
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witsterretjie |
| Bulgarian | Бяла рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac blanc atlàntic |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白燕鸥（白玄鸥） |
| Croatian | bijela čigra |
| Czech | nody bělostný |
| Danish | Atlantisk Silketerne |
| Dutch | Opaalstern |
| English | White Tern |
| English (HAW) | Manu o Kū - White Tern |
| English (United States) | White Tern |
| French | Gygis blanche |
| French (France) | Gygis blanche |
| German | Feenseeschwalbe |
| Icelandic | Bjartþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut putih |
| Japanese | シロアジサシ |
| Korean | 흰제비갈매기 |
| Malayalam | വെൺ കടലാള |
| Norwegian | silketerne |
| Polish | atolówka |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | grazina |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Grazina |
| Russian | Белая крачка |
| Serbian | Bela čigra |
| Slovak | gygis biely |
| Spanish | Charrán Blanco |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviotín blanco |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Charrán Blanco |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviotín Albo |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Charrán Blanco |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviotín Blanco |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín Blanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán blanco |
| Swedish | fetärna |
| Turkish | Sütbeyaz Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок білий |
| Zulu | ukliyomhlophe |
Gygis alba (Sparrman, 1786)
PROTONYM:
Sterna alba
Sparrman, 1786. Museum Carlsonianum, in quo novas et selectas aves, coloribus ad vivum brevique descriptione illustratas (etc.) fasc.1, pl.11.
TYPE LOCALITY:
East Indies, Cape of Good Hope and Islands of the Pacific Ocean = Ascension Island, designated by Mathews, antea, p. 441.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GYGIS
- alba
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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