Black Tern Chlidonias niger Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (64)
- Subspecies (2)
Shane R. Heath, Erica H. Dunn, and David J. Agro
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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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 | Raquñn 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 (France) | 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 |
Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Sterna nigra
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.137.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, restricted type locality, near Upsala, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHLIDONIAS
- niger
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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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Distribution of the Black Tern
