Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (35)
- Subspecies (2)
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 15, 2016
Text last updated May 15, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Голямоклюна рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac becgròs |
| Czech | rybák žlutozobý |
| Danish | Tyknæbbet Terne |
| Dutch | Grootsnavelstern |
| English | Large-billed Tern |
| English (United States) | Large-billed Tern |
| Finnish | isonokkatiira |
| French | Sterne à gros bec |
| French (France) | Sterne à gros bec |
| German | Großschnabel-Seeschwalbe |
| Icelandic | Trjónuþerna |
| Japanese | オオハシアジサシ |
| Norwegian | tykknebbterne |
| Polish | rybitwa amazońska |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trinta-réis-grande |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Trinta-reis-grande |
| Russian | Большеклювая крачка |
| Serbian | Krupnokljuna čigra |
| Slovak | rybár krátkochvostý |
| Spanish | Charrán Picudo |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Atí |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviotín de pico grande |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Charrán Picudo |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gaviota de pico largo |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviotín Picudo |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviotín Piquigrande |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Atí |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín de Pico Grande |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán picudo |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Atí |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Guanaguanare Fluvial |
| Swedish | sydamerikansk flodtärna |
| Turkish | Kalın Gagalı Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок великодзьобий |
Phaetusa simplex (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Sterna simplex
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.606.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cayenne.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PHAETUSA
- simplex
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 Large-billed Tern
