Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Assamese | গঙা চিলনী |
| Bulgarian | Индийска рибарка |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黄嘴河燕鸥 |
| Czech | rybák říční |
| Danish | Flodterne |
| Dutch | Rivierstern |
| English (United States) | River Tern |
| Finnish | jokitiira |
| French | Sterne de rivière |
| German | Goldschnabel-Seeschwalbe |
| Gujarati | કેંચીપૂંછ વાબગલી |
| Hebrew | שחפית נהרות |
| Icelandic | Lækjaþerna |
| Japanese | カワアジサシ |
| Malayalam | പുഴ ആള |
| Marathi | नदी सुरय |
| Norwegian | flodterne |
| Odia | ଘଣ୍ଟାଳ |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی رودخانه ای |
| Polish | rybitwa indyjska |
| Russian | Индийская крачка |
| Serbian | Azijska rečna čigra |
| Slovak | rybár zlatozobý |
| Spanish | Charrán Indio |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán indio |
| Swedish | indisk flodtärna |
| Telugu | రామదాసు |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบแม่น้ำ |
| Turkish | Hint Sumrusu |
Sterna aurantia Gray, JE, 1831
PROTONYM:
Sterna aurantia
Gray, JE, 1831. Ill.Ind.Zool.[Hardwicke] 1 pt5, pl.69 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India.
Definitions
- STERNA
- sterna
- aurantia
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SPECIES
River Tern Sterna aurantia Scientific name definitions
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 22, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 22, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- River Tern Sterna aurantia
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, E. F. J. Garcia, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). River Tern (Sterna aurantia), 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.rivter1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- March 22, 2017
- River Tern Sterna aurantia
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Ernest Garcia and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, E. F. J. Garcia, and P. F. D. Boesman (2017). River Tern (Sterna aurantia). 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.