© Ian Davies
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Ian C. T. Nisbet
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2002
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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 (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 |
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Common Tern in the North and Central America.
The breeding distribution includes Sable Island, Nova Scotia, and Bermuda. The species also breeds in the Netherlands Lesser Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao) and on other islands off the coast of Venezuela. It also breeds widely in Europe, Asia, and northwestern Africa, wintering in Africa, south Asia, and Australia.
