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 |
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Definitions
- STERNA
- sterna
- HIRUNDO
- hirundo
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Common Tern Sterna hirundo Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Authors
Jennifer M. Arnold, Stephen A. Oswald, Ian C. T. Nisbet, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Recommended Citation
Arnold, J. M., S. A. Oswald, I. C. T. Nisbet, P. Pyle, and M. A. Patten (2020). Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.comter.01
Birds of North America
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Version 3.0
- Full Revision
- July 5, 2017
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Authors
Ian C. T. Nisbet, Jennifer M. Arnold, Stephen A. Oswald, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Revisors
Ian C. T. Nisbet, Jennifer M. Arnold, Stephen A. Oswald, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Recommended Citation
Nisbet, I. C. T., J. M. Arnold, S. A. Oswald, P. Pyle, and M. A. Patten (2017). Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), version 3.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.comter.03
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Version 2.0
- Revision
- January 1, 2002
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Authors
Ian C. T. Nisbet
Revisors
Ian C. T. Nisbet
Recommended Citation
Nisbet, I. C. T. (2002). Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.618
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Print Version (requires subscription to access)
- January 1, 2002
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Recommended Citation
Nisbet, I. C. T. 2002. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo). In The Birds of North America, No. 618 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.618.p
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 16, 2017
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, David Christie, and Ernest Garcia
Revisors
David Christie and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, D. A. Christie, and E. F. J. Garcia (2017). Common Tern (Sterna hirundo). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
