Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (60)
- Subspecies (7)
Elizabeth A. Schreiber, C. J. Feare, Brian A. Harrington, B. G. Murray Jr., W. B. Robertson Jr., M. J. Robertson, and Glen E. Woolfenden
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Roetsterretjie |
| Arabic | خرشنة غبساء |
| Asturian | Garrochñn escuru |
| Basque | Txenada iluna |
| Bulgarian | Саждена рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac fosc |
| Chinese | 烏領燕鷗 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 烏燕鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 乌燕鸥 |
| Croatian | crnoleđa čigra |
| Czech | rybák černohřbetý |
| Danish | Sodfarvet Terne |
| Dutch | Bonte Stern |
| English | Sooty Tern |
| English (HAW) | ʻEwaʻewa - Sooty Tern |
| English (United States) | Sooty Tern |
| Finnish | nokitiira |
| French | Sterne fuligineuse |
| French (France) | Sterne fuligineuse |
| Galician | Carrán escuro |
| German | Rußseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Πελαγογλάρονο |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Mòv nwa vant blanch |
| Hebrew | שחפית כהה |
| Hungarian | Füstös csér |
| Icelandic | Möttulþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut sayap-hitam |
| Italian | Sterna scura |
| Japanese | セグロアジサシ |
| Korean | 검은등제비갈매기 |
| Lithuanian | Tamsioji žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | കറുത്ത കടലാള |
| Norwegian | sotterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی پشت سیاه |
| Polish | rybitwa czarnogrzbieta |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trinta-réis-das-rocas |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garajau-de-dorso-preto |
| Romanian | Chiră cenușie |
| Russian | Тёмная крачка |
| Serbian | Čađava čigra |
| Slovak | rybár čiernochrbtý |
| Slovenian | Črnoperuta čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Sombrío |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviotín apizarrado |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Charrán Sombrío |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gaviota monja prieta |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Charrán Oscuro |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviotín Sombrío |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gaviotín Negruzco |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Charrán Albinegro |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviotín Sombrío |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín Oscuro |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Charrán Oscuro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán sombrío |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gaviota de Veras |
| Swedish | sottärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบดำ |
| Turkish | Kara Sırtlı Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок строкатий |
| Zulu | unonkliyomnyama |
Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Sterna fuscata
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.228.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Santo Domingo.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ONYCHOPRION
- fuscatus
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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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