Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (59)
- Monotypic
Jeremy J. Hatch, Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Arktiese Sterretjie |
| Arabic | خرشنة قطبية |
| Armenian | Բևեռային ջրածիծառ |
| Asturian | Garrochñn ñrticu |
| Basque | Ipar-txenada |
| Bulgarian | Полярна рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac àrtic |
| Chinese (SIM) | 北极燕鸥 |
| Croatian | arktička čigra |
| Czech | rybák dlouhoocasý |
| Danish | Havterne |
| Dutch | Noordse Stern |
| English | Arctic Tern |
| English (United States) | Arctic Tern |
| Faroese | Havterna |
| Finnish | lapintiira |
| French | Sterne arctique |
| French (France) | Sterne arctique |
| Galician | Carrán ártico |
| German | Küstenseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Χιονογλάρονο |
| Hebrew | שחפית קוטב |
| Hungarian | Sarki csér |
| Icelandic | Kría |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut arktik |
| Italian | Sterna codalunga |
| Japanese | キョクアジサシ |
| Korean | 북극제비갈매기 |
| Latvian | Jūras zīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Arktinė žuvėdra |
| Mongolian | Умардын хараалай |
| Norwegian | rødnebbterne |
| Polish | rybitwa popielata |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Gaivina do Árctico |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trinta-réis-ártico |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivina-do-árctico |
| Romanian | Chiră polară |
| Russian | Полярная крачка |
| Serbian | Arktička čigra |
| Slovak | rybár dlhochvostý |
| Slovenian | Polarna čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Ártico |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviotín Artico |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviotín ártico |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Charrán Viajero |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gaviota ártica |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviotín del Ártico |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gaviotín Ártico |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Charrán Ártico |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviotín del Ártico |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Gaviotín ártico |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín Artico |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Charrán Ártico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán ártico |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gaviotín Ártico |
| Swedish | silvertärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบขั้วโลกเหนือ |
| Turkish | Kutup Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок полярний |
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
PROTONYM:
Sterna Paradisaea
Pontoppidan, 1763. Den Danske Atlas eller Konge-Riget Dannemark (etc.) 1, p.622.
TYPE LOCALITY:
No type locality = Christiansoe, Denmark, ex Brünnich, Orn. Boreal., 1764, p. 46.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERNA
- sterna
- PARADISAEA
- paradisaea / paradisaeus
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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)
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