Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kleinsterretjie |
| Albanian | Dallëndyshe deti ballëbardhë |
| Arabic | خرشنة صغيرة |
| Armenian | Փոքր ջրածիծառ |
| Asturian | Garrochín nanu |
| Azerbaijani | Kiçik susüpürən |
| Basque | Txenada txikia |
| Bulgarian | Белочела рибарка |
| Catalan | Xatrac menut comú |
| Chinese | 小燕鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白额燕鸥 |
| Croatian | mala čigra |
| Czech | rybák malý |
| Danish | Dværgterne |
| Dutch | Dwergstern |
| English | Little Tern |
| English (United States) | Little Tern |
| Faroese | Fruntaterna |
| Finnish | pikkutiira |
| French | Sterne naine |
| French (French Guiana) | Sterne naine |
| Galician | Carrán pequeno |
| German | Zwergseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Νανογλάρονο |
| Hebrew | שחפית גמדית |
| Hungarian | Kis csér |
| Icelandic | Dvergþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut kecil |
| Italian | Fraticello |
| Japanese | コアジサシ |
| Korean | 쇠제비갈매기 |
| Latvian | Mazais zīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Mažoji žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | ആളച്ചിന്നൻ |
| Mongolian | Хурган хараалай |
| Norwegian | dvergterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی کوچک |
| Polish | rybitwa białoczelna |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Chilreta |
| Romanian | Chiră mică |
| Russian | Малая крачка |
| Serbian | Mala čigra |
| Slovak | rybár malý |
| Slovenian | Mala čigra |
| Spanish | Charrancito Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrancito común |
| Swedish | småtärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบเล็ก |
| Turkish | Küçük Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок малий |
Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764)
PROTONYM:
Sterna albifrons
Pallas, 1764. Catalogue Ois.[Vroeg]Adumbr., p.6 no.271.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Holland.
Definitions
- STERNULA
- albifrons
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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)
SPECIES
Little Tern Sternula albifrons Scientific name definitions
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 26, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 26, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Little Tern (Sternula albifrons), 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.litter1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- August 26, 2016
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Ernest Garcia
Revisors
Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, and E. F. J. Garcia (2016). Little Tern (Sternula albifrons). 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.