Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (29)
- Monotypic
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Eduardo de Juana, Christopher J. Sharpe, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 30, 2017
Text last updated August 30, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Китайска рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac de la Xina |
| Chinese | 黑嘴端鳳頭燕鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 中华凤头燕鸥（黑嘴端凤头燕鸥） |
| Czech | rybák čínský |
| Danish | Kinesisk Topterne |
| Dutch | Chinese Kuifstern |
| English | Chinese Crested Tern |
| English (United States) | Chinese Crested Tern |
| French | Sterne d'Orient |
| French (France) | Sterne d'Orient |
| German | Bernsteinseeschwalbe |
| Hebrew | שחפית סינית |
| Icelandic | Goðaþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut cina |
| Japanese | ヒガシシナアジサシ |
| Korean | 뿔제비갈매기 |
| Norwegian | kinaterne |
| Polish | rybitwa chińska |
| Russian | Китайская крачка |
| Serbian | Kineska ćubasta čigra |
| Slovak | rybár strapatý |
| Slovenian | Kitajska čopasta čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Chino |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán chino |
| Swedish | mingtärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบจีน |
| Turkish | Çin Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок китайський |
Thalasseus bernsteini (Schlegel, 1864)
PROTONYM:
Sterna bernsteini
Schlegel, 1864. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement livr.5 Sternae no.24, p.9.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Kaou, eastern coast of Halmahera.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- THALASSEUS
- bernsteini / bernsteinii
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 Chinese Crested Tern
