Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witwangsterretjie |
| Arabic | خرشنة بيضاء الخدود |
| Bulgarian | Арабска рибарка |
| Croatian | siva čigra |
| Czech | rybák bělolící |
| Danish | Hvidkindet Terne |
| Dutch | Arabische Stern |
| English | White-cheeked Tern |
| English (United States) | White-cheeked Tern |
| Finnish | arabiantiira |
| French | Sterne à joues blanches |
| French (French Guiana) | Sterne à joues blanches |
| German | Weißwangen-Seeschwalbe |
| Greek | Γλαρόνι της Αραβίας |
| Hebrew | שחפית שוניות |
| Icelandic | Rokþerna |
| Japanese | アラビアアジサシ |
| Lithuanian | Pilkoji žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | വെൺകവിളൻ ആള |
| Norwegian | hvitkinnterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی گونه سفید |
| Polish | rybitwa arabska |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivina-arábica |
| Romanian | Chiră cu obraz alb |
| Russian | Аравийская крачка |
| Serbian | Belolika čigra |
| Slovak | rybár bielolíci |
| Slovenian | Pepelasta čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Arábigo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán arábigo |
| Swedish | vitkindad tärna |
| Turkish | Arabistan Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок аравійський |
Sterna repressa "Hartert, E", 1916
PROTONYM:
Sterna repressa
"Hartert, E", 1916. Novitates Zoologicae 23, p.298.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Fao, Persian Gulf.
Definitions
- STERNA
- sterna
- repressa
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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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White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa Scientific name definitions
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 20, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 20, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa), 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.whcter1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 20, 2017
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2017). White-cheeked Tern (Sterna repressa). 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.