Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (30)
- Monotypic
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 9, 2016
Text last updated April 9, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Saunderssterretjie |
| Arabic | خرشنة سوندرزية |
| Bulgarian | Рибарка на Сондерс |
| Catalan | xatrac menut de Saunders |
| Czech | rybák arabský |
| Danish | Persisk Dværgterne |
| Dutch | Saundersdwergstern |
| English | Saunders's Tern |
| English (United States) | Saunders's Tern |
| French | Sterne de Saunders |
| French (France) | Sterne de Saunders |
| German | Orientseeschwalbe |
| Hebrew | שחפית אפורת-זנב |
| Hungarian | Arab törpecsér |
| Icelandic | Stúfþerna |
| Japanese | アラビアコアジサシ |
| Malayalam | വെൺചുട്ടി ആളച്ചിന്നൻ |
| Norwegian | araberdvergterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی خلیج فارس |
| Polish | rybitwa malutka |
| Russian | Персидская крачка |
| Serbian | Soundersova čigra |
| Slovak | rybár hnedonohý |
| Slovenian | Temnonoga mala čigra |
| Spanish | Charrancito de Saunders |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrancito de Saunders |
| Swedish | Saunders småtärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบน้ำเค็ม |
| Turkish | Hint Küçük Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок мекранський |
Sternula saundersi (Hume, 1877)
PROTONYM:
Sterna Saundersi
Hume, 1877. Stray Feathers 5, p.324,note,325.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Karachi, Sind.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERNULA
- saundersi
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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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Saunders's Tern
