Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (45)
- Monotypic
Martin K. McNicholl, Peter E. Lowther, and John A. Hall
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2001
Text last updated January 1, 2001
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Garrochín de Forster |
| Basque | Foster txenada |
| Bulgarian | Сребристокрила рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac de Forster |
| Croatian | Forsterova čigra |
| Czech | rybák severoamerický |
| Danish | Prærieterne |
| Dutch | Forsters stern |
| English | Forster's Tern |
| English (United States) | Forster's Tern |
| Estonian | sootiir |
| Finnish | hopeatiira |
| French | Sterne de Forster |
| French (Canada) | Sterne de Forster |
| Galician | Carrán de Forster |
| German | Forsterseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Αμερικανικό Ποταμογλάρονο |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Mòv ke fann |
| Hebrew | שחפית שחורת-אוזן |
| Hungarian | Tavi csér |
| Icelandic | Tálþerna |
| Japanese | メリケンアジサシ |
| Latvian | Forstera zīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Forsterio žuvėdra |
| Norwegian | prærieterne |
| Polish | rybitwa czarnoucha |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivina-de-forster |
| Romanian | Chira lui Forster |
| Russian | Черноухая крачка |
| Serbian | Forsterova čigra |
| Slovak | rybár močiarny |
| Slovenian | Ameriška rečna čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán de Forster |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviotín de Forster |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Charrán de Forster |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gaviota de Forster |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Charrán de Forster |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gaviotín Patas Anaranjadas |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Charrán de Forster |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviotín de Forster |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Charrán de Foster |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán de Forster |
| Swedish | kärrtärna |
| Turkish | Maskeli Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок неоарктичний |
Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834
PROTONYM:
Sterna Forsteri
Nuttall, 1834. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada, 1st ed. ed. 1, vol. 2, p.274.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Banks of the Saskatchewan between Cumberland House and Lake Winnipeg, ex Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor. Am., 2, 1831, p. 412.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- STERNA
- sterna
- forsteri / forsterii / forsterorum
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Gr.: ancient Greek
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TL: type locality
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