White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (62)
- Monotypic
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, David Christie, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 28, 2017
Text last updated August 28, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witvlerksterretjie |
| Albanian | Dallëndyshe deti krahëbardhë |
| Arabic | خرشنة بيضاء الجناح |
| Armenian | Սպիտակաթև ջրածիծառ |
| Asturian | Raquñn aliblancu |
| Azerbaijani | Ağqanad susüpürən |
| Basque | Itsas enara hegalzuria |
| Bulgarian | Белокрила рибарка |
| Catalan | fumarell alablanc |
| Chinese | 白翅黑燕鷗 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白翅浮鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白翅浮鸥 |
| Croatian | bjelokrila čigra |
| Czech | rybák bělokřídlý |
| Danish | Hvidvinget Terne |
| Dutch | Witvleugelstern |
| English | White-winged Tern |
| English (Australia) | White-winged Black Tern |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | White-winged Tern |
| English (Kenya) | White-winged Black Tern |
| English (New Zealand) | White-winged Black Tern |
| English (UK) | White-winged Black Tern |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | White-winged Tern |
| English (United States) | White-winged Tern |
| Faroese | Vonghvít terna |
| Finnish | valkosiipitiira |
| French | Guifette leucoptère |
| French (France) | Guifette leucoptère |
| Galician | Gaivina de ás brancas |
| German | Weißflügel-Seeschwalbe |
| Greek | Αργυρογλάρονο |
| Hebrew | מירומית לבנת-כנף |
| Hungarian | Fehérszárnyú szerkő |
| Icelandic | Tígulþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut sayap-putih |
| Italian | Mignattino alibianche |
| Japanese | ハジロクロハラアジサシ |
| Korean | 흰죽지제비갈매기 |
| Latvian | Baltspārnu zīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Baltasparnė žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | വെൺചിറകൻ കരി ആള |
| Mongolian | Буурал хараалай |
| Norwegian | hvitvingesvartterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی بال سفید |
| Polish | rybitwa białoskrzydła |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Gaivina-d'asa-branca |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trinta-réis-negro-de-asa-branca |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivina-d'asa-branca |
| Romanian | Chirighiță cu aripi albe |
| Russian | Белокрылая крачка |
| Serbian | Belokrila čigra |
| Slovak | čorík bielokrídly |
| Slovenian | Beloperuta čigra |
| Spanish | Fumarel Aliblanco |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviotín Ala Blanca |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Fumarel Aliblanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Fumarel aliblanco |
| Swedish | vitvingad tärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบดำปีกขาว |
| Turkish | Ak Kanatlı Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок білокрилий |
| Zulu | unochibi |
Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)
PROTONYM:
Sterna leucoptera
Temminck, 1815. Manuel d'ornithologie, ou tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe (etc.) ed.1(1814), p.483.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Coasts of the Mediterranean.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHLIDONIAS
- leucopterum / leucopterus
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 White-winged Tern
