White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (36)
- Monotypic
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 20, 2017
Text last updated February 20, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witwangsterretjie |
| Arabic | خرشنة بيضاء الخدود |
| Bulgarian | Арабска рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac galtablanc |
| Croatian | siva čigra |
| Czech | rybák bělolící |
| Danish | Hvidkindet Terne |
| Dutch | Arabische Stern |
| English | White-cheeked Tern |
| English (United States) | White-cheeked Tern |
| Finnish | arabiantiira |
| French | Sterne à joues blanches |
| French (France) | Sterne à joues blanches |
| German | Weißwangen-Seeschwalbe |
| Greek | Γλαρόνι της Αραβίας |
| Hebrew | שחפית שוניות |
| Hungarian | Fehérarcú csér |
| Icelandic | Rokþerna |
| Japanese | アラビアアジサシ |
| Lithuanian | Pilkoji žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | വെൺകവിളൻ ആള |
| Norwegian | hvitkinnterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی گونه سفید |
| Polish | rybitwa arabska |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivina-arábica |
| Romanian | Chiră cu obraz alb |
| Russian | Аравийская крачка |
| Serbian | Belolika čigra |
| Slovak | rybár bielolíci |
| Slovenian | Pepelasta čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Arábigo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán arábigo |
| Swedish | vitkindad tärna |
| Turkish | Arabistan Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок аравійський |
| Zulu | insukakude yaseMpumalanga |
Sterna repressa Hartert, 1916
PROTONYM:
Sterna repressa
Hartert, 1916. Novitates Zoologicae 23, p.298.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Fao, Persian Gulf.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERNA
- sterna
- repressa
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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 White-cheeked Tern
