Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (2)
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 28, 2017
Text last updated February 28, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kerguelensterretjie |
| Bulgarian | Кергеленска рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac de les Kerguelen |
| Czech | rybák kerguelenský |
| Danish | Kerguelenterne |
| Dutch | Kerguelenstern |
| English | Kerguelen Tern |
| English (United States) | Kerguelen Tern |
| French | Sterne des Kerguelen |
| French (France) | Sterne des Kerguelen |
| German | Kerguelenseeschwalbe |
| Icelandic | Sveigþerna |
| Japanese | ケルゲレンアジサシ |
| Norwegian | kerguelenterne |
| Polish | rybitwa kergueleńska |
| Russian | Кергеленская крачка |
| Serbian | Kergelenska čigra |
| Slovak | rybár kerguelenský |
| Spanish | Charrán de las Kerguelen |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán de las Kerguelen |
| Swedish | kerguelentärna |
| Turkish | Kerguelen Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок кергеленський |
| Zulu | insukakude yaseMarion |
Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875
PROTONYM:
Sterna virgata
Cabanis, 1875. Journal für Ornithologie 23, p.449.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Kerguelen Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERNA
- sterna
- virgata
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 Kerguelen Tern
