Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (41)
- Subspecies (4)
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, David Christie, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 30, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 30, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Geelbeksterretjie |
| Arabic | خرشنة متوجة كبيرة |
| Bulgarian | Жълтоклюна рибарка |
| Chinese | 鳳頭燕鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大凤头燕鸥 |
| Czech | rybák chocholatý |
| Danish | Bergiusterne |
| Dutch | Grote Kuifstern |
| English | Great Crested Tern |
| English (Australia) | Crested Tern |
| English (Kenya) | Swift Tern |
| English (South Africa) | Swift Tern |
| English (United States) | Great Crested Tern |
| Finnish | töyhtötiira |
| French | Sterne huppée |
| French (French Guiana) | Sterne huppée |
| German | Eilseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Κιτρινόραμφο Γλαρόνι |
| Hebrew | שחפית צהובת-מקור |
| Hungarian | Üstökös csér |
| Icelandic | Boðaþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut jambul |
| Japanese | オオアジサシ |
| Korean | 큰제비갈매기 |
| Lithuanian | Kuoduotoji žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | വലിയ കടലാള |
| Norwegian | hinduterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی کاکلی بزرگ |
| Polish | rybitwa złotodzioba |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garajau-de-bico-amarelo |
| Romanian | Chiră moțată |
| Russian | Хохлатая крачка |
| Serbian | Južna čigra |
| Slovak | rybár rýchly |
| Slovenian | Čopasta čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Piquigualdo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán piquigualdo |
| Swedish | tofstärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบหงอนใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Tepeli Büyük Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок жовтодзьобий |
Thalasseus bergii ("Lichtenstein, MHC", 1823)
PROTONYM:
Sterna Bergii
"Lichtenstein, MHC", 1823. Verz.Doubl.Zool.Mus.Berlin, p.80.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope.
Definitions
- THALASSEUS
- bergii
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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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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Great Crested Tern