Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (29)
- Monotypic
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 2, 2017
Text last updated March 2, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Белоглава рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac de Trudeau |
| Czech | rybák bělohlavý |
| Danish | Hvidkronet Terne |
| Dutch | Trudeaustern |
| English | Snowy-crowned Tern |
| English (United States) | Snowy-crowned Tern |
| French | Sterne de Trudeau |
| French (France) | Sterne de Trudeau |
| German | Weißscheitel-Seeschwalbe |
| Icelandic | Trúðaþerna |
| Japanese | シロガシラアジサシ |
| Norwegian | svartøreterne |
| Polish | rybitwa maskowa |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trinta-réis-de-coroa-branca |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Trinta-reis-de-coroa-branca |
| Russian | Белоголовая крачка |
| Serbian | Belokapa čigra |
| Slovak | rybár bielohlavý |
| Spanish | Charrán Coroniblanco |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviotín Lagunero |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviotín piquerito |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Gaviotín lagunero |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín de Cabeza Blanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán coroniblanco |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gaviotín de Antifaz |
| Swedish | vitkronad tärna |
| Turkish | Ak Tepeli Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок білоголовий |
Sterna trudeaui Audubon, 1838
PROTONYM:
Sterna Trudeaui
Audubon, 1838. The Birds of America; from original drawings 4, pl.409 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey!
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERNA
- sterna
- trudeaui / trudeauii
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
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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 Snowy-crowned Tern
