Inca Tern Larosterna inca Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (28)
- Monotypic
Michael Gochfeld and Joanna Burger
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 12, 2016
Text last updated November 12, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Инкска рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac inca |
| Czech | rybák inka |
| Danish | Inkaterne |
| Dutch | Incastern |
| English | Inca Tern |
| English (United States) | Inca Tern |
| Finnish | inkatiira |
| French | Sterne inca |
| French (France) | Sterne inca |
| German | Inkaseeschwalbe |
| Icelandic | Inkaþerna |
| Japanese | インカアジサシ |
| Norwegian | inkaterne |
| Polish | rybitwa wąsata |
| Russian | Крачка-инка |
| Serbian | Inka čigra |
| Slovak | rybarica ozdobná |
| Spanish | Charrán Inca |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviotín monja |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Charrán Inca |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviotín Inca |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviotín Inca |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín Zarcillo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán inca |
| Swedish | inkatärna |
| Turkish | İnka Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок-інка |
Larosterna inca (Lesson & Garnot, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Sterna Inca
Lesson & Garnot, 1827. Voyage autour du Monde exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 (etc.). Zoologie Atlas, 1, pl.47.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Lima, Peru.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LAROSTERNA
- inca
- Inca
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 Inca Tern
