© Brian Sullivan
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Shane R. Heath, Erica H. Dunn, and David J. Agro
Version: 2.0 — Published June 3, 2009
Version: 2.0 — Published June 3, 2009
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartsterretjie |
| Albanian | Dallëndyshe deti e zezë |
| Arabic | خرشنة سوداء |
| Armenian | Սև ջրածիծառ |
| Asturian | Raquín prietu |
| Azerbaijani | Qara susüpürən |
| Basque | Itsas enara beltza |
| Bulgarian | Черна рибарка |
| Catalan | Fumarell negre |
| Chinese | 黑浮鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑浮鸥 |
| Croatian | crna čigra |
| Czech | rybák černý |
| Danish | Sortterne |
| Dutch | Zwarte Stern |
| English | Black Tern |
| English (United States) | Black Tern |
| Faroese | Svartterna |
| Finnish | mustatiira |
| French | Guifette noire |
| French (French Guiana) | Guifette noire |
| Galician | Gaivina negra |
| German | Trauerseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Μαυρογλάρονο |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Mòv nwa |
| Hebrew | מירומית שחורה |
| Hungarian | Kormos szerkő |
| Icelandic | Kolþerna |
| Italian | Mignattino comune |
| Japanese | ハシグロクロハラアジサシ |
| Korean | 검은제비갈매기 |
| Latvian | Melnais zīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Juodoji žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | ആളക്കറുപ്പൻ |
| Mongolian | Хилэн хараалай |
| Norwegian | svartterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی سیاه |
| Polish | rybitwa czarna |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Gaivina-preta |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trinta-réis-negro |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivina-preta |
| Romanian | Chirighiță neagră |
| Russian | Чёрная крачка |
| Serbian | Crna čigra |
| Slovak | čorík čierny |
| Slovenian | Črna čigra |
| Spanish | Fumarel Común |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviotín Negro |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviotín negro |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Charrancito Negro |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gaviotica prieta |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Charrán Negro |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviotín Negro |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gaviotín Negro |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Charrán Negro |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviotín Negro |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín Negro |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Fumarel Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Fumarel común |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gaviotín Negro |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gaviota Negra |
| Swedish | svarttärna |
| Turkish | Kara Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок чорний |
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- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Black Tern in North, Central, and northern South America.
Nonbreeders in summer move northward as far as the Gulf coast of the United States, but distribution along the eastern coast of Central America and northern South America is poorly documented.