River Tern Sterna aurantia Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (33)
- Monotypic
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 22, 2017
Text last updated March 22, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Assamese | গঙা চিলনী |
| Bulgarian | Индийска рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac fluvial |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黄嘴河燕鸥 |
| Czech | rybák říční |
| Danish | Flodterne |
| Dutch | Rivierstern |
| English | River Tern |
| English (United States) | River Tern |
| Finnish | jokitiira |
| French | Sterne de rivière |
| French (France) | Sterne de rivière |
| German | Goldschnabel-Seeschwalbe |
| Gujarati | કેંચીપૂંછ વાબગલી |
| Hebrew | שחפית נהרות |
| Icelandic | Lækjaþerna |
| Japanese | カワアジサシ |
| Malayalam | പുഴ ആള |
| Marathi | नदी सुरय |
| Norwegian | flodterne |
| Odia | ଘଣ୍ଟାଳ |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی رودخانه ای |
| Polish | rybitwa indyjska |
| Russian | Индийская крачка |
| Serbian | Azijska rečna čigra |
| Slovak | rybár zlatozobý |
| Spanish | Charrán Indio |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán indio |
| Swedish | indisk flodtärna |
| Telugu | రామదాసు |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบแม่น้ำ |
| Turkish | Hint Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок індійський |
Sterna aurantia Gray, 1831
PROTONYM:
Sterna aurantia
Gray, 1831. Illustrations of Indian zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke, F. R. S. 1 pt5, pl.69 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERNA
- sterna
- aurantia
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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 River Tern
