Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (65)
- Monotypic
Francesca J. Cuthbert and Linda R. Wires
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Reusesterretjie |
| Albanian | Dallëndyshe deti e madhe |
| Arabic | خرشنة قزوينية |
| Armenian | Կասպիական ծովածիծառ |
| Asturian | Garrochñn grande |
| Azerbaijani | Xəzər susüpürəni |
| Basque | Txenada mokogorria |
| Bulgarian | Каспийска рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac gros |
| Chinese | 裏海燕鷗 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 紅嘴巨燕鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 红嘴巨鸥 |
| Croatian | velika čigra |
| Czech | rybák velkozobý |
| Danish | Rovterne |
| Dutch | Reuzenstern |
| English | Caspian Tern |
| English (United States) | Caspian Tern |
| Faroese | Brituterna |
| Finnish | räyskä |
| French | Sterne caspienne |
| French (France) | Sterne caspienne |
| Galician | Carrán do Caspio |
| German | Raubseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Καρατζάς |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Gwo Mòv bèk jòn |
| Hebrew | שחפית כספית |
| Hungarian | Lócsér |
| Icelandic | Ránþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut kaspia |
| Italian | Sterna maggiore |
| Japanese | オニアジサシ |
| Korean | 붉은부리큰제비갈매기 |
| Latvian | Lielais zīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Plėšrioji žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | വലിയ ചെങ്കൊക്കൻ ആള |
| Marathi | कॅस्पिअन सुरय |
| Mongolian | Морин хараалай |
| Norwegian | rovterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی خزری |
| Polish | rybitwa wielkodzioba |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Garajau-grande |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garajau-grande |
| Romanian | Pescăriță mare |
| Russian | Чеграва |
| Serbian | Velika čigra |
| Slovak | čegrava veľkozobá |
| Slovenian | Kaspijska čigra |
| Spanish | Pagaza Piquirroja |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Pagaza Mayor |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gaviota real grande |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Charrán Piquiroja |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviotín Piquirrojo (del Caspio) |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gaviotín Pico Rojo |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Charrán del Caspio |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviotín Piquirrojo |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín de Pico Rojo |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Charrán Caspio |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pagaza piquirroja |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Tirra Caspia |
| Swedish | skräntärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบแคสเปียน |
| Turkish | Hazar Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок каспійський |
| Zulu | ubhaklakliyo |
Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770)
PROTONYM:
Sterna caspia
Pallas, 1770. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14, p.582 pl.22 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HYDROPROGNE
- caspia / caspica / caspicus
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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
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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