South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (31)
- Monotypic
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Eduardo de Juana, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 15, 2017
Text last updated February 15, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Южноамериканска речна рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac sud-americà |
| Czech | rybák jihoamerický |
| Danish | Sydamerikansk Terne |
| Dutch | Zuid-Amerikaanse Visdief |
| English | South American Tern |
| English (United States) | South American Tern |
| Finnish | eteläamerikantiira |
| French | Sterne hirundinacée |
| French (France) | Sterne hirundinacée |
| German | Falklandseeschwalbe |
| Icelandic | Svifþerna |
| Japanese | ナンベイアジサシ |
| Norwegian | svaleterne |
| Polish | rybitwa jaskółcza |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trinta-réis-de-bico-vermelho |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Trinta-reis-de-bico-vermelho |
| Russian | Южноамериканская крачка |
| Serbian | Južnoamerička čigra |
| Slovak | rybár lastovičí |
| Slovenian | Lastovičja čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Sudamericano |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviotín Sudamericano |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviotín sudamericano |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviotín Sudamericano |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín Sudamericano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán sudamericano |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gaviotín Cola Larga |
| Swedish | sydamerikansk tärna |
| Turkish | Güney Amerika Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок американський |
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson, 1831
PROTONYM:
Sterna hirundinacea
Lesson, 1831. Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.8, p.621.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Coasts of Brazil, i.e. State of Santa Catharina.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERNA
- sterna
- hirundinacea / hirundinaceum / hirundinaceus
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 South American Tern
