Common Tern Sterna hirundo Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (71)
- Subspecies (3)
Jennifer M. Arnold, Stephen A. Oswald, Ian C. T. Nisbet, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gewone Sterretjie |
| Albanian | Dallëndyshe e zakonshme deti |
| Arabic | خرشنة شائعة |
| Armenian | Գետային ջրածիծառ |
| Asturian | Garrochñn comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Çay susüpürəni |
| Basque | Txenada arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Речна рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac comú |
| Chinese | 燕鷗 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 普通燕鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 普通燕鸥 |
| Croatian | crvenokljuna čigra |
| Czech | rybák obecný |
| Danish | Fjordterne |
| Dutch | Visdief |
| English | Common Tern |
| English (United States) | Common Tern |
| Faroese | Kriterna |
| Finnish | kalatiira |
| French | Sterne pierregarin |
| French (France) | Sterne pierregarin |
| Galician | Carrán común |
| German | Flussseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Ποταμογλάρονο |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Fou bèk wouj |
| Hebrew | שחפית ים |
| Hungarian | Küszvágó csér |
| Icelandic | Sílaþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut biasa |
| Italian | Sterna comune |
| Japanese | アジサシ |
| Korean | 제비갈매기 |
| Latvian | Upes zīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Upinė žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | ചോരക്കാലി ആള |
| Mongolian | Эгэл хараалай |
| Norwegian | makrellterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی معمولی |
| Polish | rybitwa rzeczna |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Gaivina-comum |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trinta-réis-boreal |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivina-comum |
| Portuguese (RAA) | Garajau-comum |
| Portuguese (RAM) | Garajau-comum |
| Romanian | Chiră de baltă |
| Russian | Речная крачка |
| Serbian | Obična čigra |
| Slovak | rybár riečny |
| Slovenian | Navadna čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Común |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviotín Golondrina |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviotín boreal |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Charrán Común |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gaviota común |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Charrán Común |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviotín Común |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gaviotín Patas Rojas |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Charrán Común |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviotín Común |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Gaviotín golondrina |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín Común |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Charrán Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán común |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gaviotín Golondrina |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Tirra Medio Cuchillo |
| Swedish | fisktärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบธรรมดา |
| Turkish | Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок річковий |
| Zulu | unontenteza |
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Sterna Hirundo
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.137.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERNA
- sterna
- HIRUNDO
- hirundo
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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)
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