© Ian Davies
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Ian C. T. Nisbet, Michael Gochfeld, and Joanna Burger
Version: 2.0 — Published October 9, 2014
Version: 2.0 — Published October 9, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooiborssterretjie |
| Arabic | خرشنة وردية |
| Asturian | Garrochñn arrosñu |
| Basque | Txenada gorrizta |
| Bulgarian | Розова рибарка |
| Catalan | Xatrac rosat |
| Chinese | 紅燕鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 粉红燕鸥 |
| Croatian | dugorepa čigra |
| Czech | rybák rajský |
| Danish | Rosenterne |
| Dutch | Dougalls Stern |
| English | Roseate Tern |
| English (United States) | Roseate Tern |
| Finnish | ruusutiira |
| French | Sterne de Dougall |
| French (France) | Sterne de Dougall |
| Galician | Carrán rosado |
| German | Rosenseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Ροδογλάρονο |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Mòv blanch |
| Hebrew | שחפית ורדרדת |
| Hungarian | Rózsás csér |
| Icelandic | Roðaþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut jambon |
| Italian | Sterna di Dougall |
| Japanese | ベニアジサシ |
| Korean | 긴꼬리제비갈매기 |
| Lithuanian | Rožinė žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | വെൺവാലൻ ആള |
| Norwegian | rosenterne |
| Polish | rybitwa różowa |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trinta-réis-róseo |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garajau-rosado |
| Portuguese (RAA) | Garajau-rosado |
| Portuguese (RAM) | Garajau-rosado |
| Romanian | Chiră roz |
| Russian | Розовая крачка |
| Serbian | Ružičasta čigra |
| Slovak | rybár štíhlozobý |
| Slovenian | Rožnata čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Rosado |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Charrán Rosado |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gaviota rosada |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Charrán Rosado |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gaviotín Rosado |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Charrán Rosado |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Palometa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán rosado |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Tirra Rosada |
| Swedish | rosentärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบสีกุหลาบ |
| Turkish | Pembe Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок рожевий |
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- Migration
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Figure 3. Distribution of Roseate Tern in North and Central America.
Distribution of the Roseate Tern in North and Central America and the western Caribbean. This species also winters in South America and the eastern Caribbean.