Australian Fairy Tern Sternula nereis Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (4)
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 27, 2017
Text last updated August 27, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Самодивска рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac menut pàl·lid |
| Czech | rybák australský |
| Danish | Alfeterne |
| Dutch | Elfenstern |
| English | Australian Fairy Tern |
| English (Australia) | Fairy Tern |
| English (United States) | Australian Fairy Tern |
| Finnish | australianpikkutiira |
| French | Sterne néréis |
| French (France) | Sterne néréis |
| German | Australseeschwalbe |
| Icelandic | Álfaþerna |
| Japanese | ヒメアジサシ |
| Norwegian | alveterne |
| Polish | rybitwa nadobna |
| Russian | Австралийская крачка |
| Serbian | Vilinska čigra |
| Slovak | rybár čarovný |
| Spanish | Charrancito Australiano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrancito australiano |
| Swedish | australisk småtärna |
| Turkish | Avustralya Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок австралійський |
Sternula nereis Gould, 1843
PROTONYM:
Sternula nereis
Gould, 1843. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1842), Part 1, 0 no.117, p. 140.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bass Strait.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERNULA
- nereis
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Australian Fairy Tern
