Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kerguelensterretjie |
| Bulgarian | Кергеленска рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac de les Kerguelen |
| Czech | rybák kerguelenský |
| Danish | Kerguelenterne |
| Dutch | Kerguelenstern |
| English | Kerguelen Tern |
| English (United States) | Kerguelen Tern |
| French | Sterne des Kerguelen |
| French (France) | Sterne des Kerguelen |
| German | Kerguelenseeschwalbe |
| Icelandic | Sveigþerna |
| Japanese | ケルゲレンアジサシ |
| Norwegian | kerguelenterne |
| Polish | rybitwa kergueleńska |
| Russian | Кергеленская крачка |
| Serbian | Kergelenska čigra |
| Slovak | rybár kerguelenský |
| Spanish | Charrán de las Kerguelen |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán de las Kerguelen |
| Swedish | kerguelentärna |
| Turkish | Kerguelen Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок кергеленський |
Sterna virgata Cabanis, 1875
PROTONYM:
Sterna virgata
Cabanis, 1875. Journal für Ornithologie 23, p.449.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Kerguelen Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERNA
- sterna
- virgata
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Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata Scientific name definitions
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 28, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 28, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Kerguelen Tern (Sterna virgata), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.kerter1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 28, 2017
- Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Ernest Garcia
Revisors
Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, and E. F. J. Garcia (2017). Kerguelen Tern (Sterna virgata). 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.
