Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witvlerksterretjie |
| Albanian | Dallëndyshe deti krahëbardhë |
| Arabic | خرشنة بيضاء الجناح |
| Armenian | Սպիտակաթև ջրածիծառ |
| Asturian | Raquín aliblancu |
| Azerbaijani | Ağqanad susüpürən |
| Basque | Itsas enara hegalzuria |
| Bulgarian | Белокрила рибарка |
| Catalan | Fumarell alablanc |
| Chinese | 白翅黑燕鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白翅浮鸥 |
| Croatian | bjelokrila čigra |
| Czech | rybák bělokřídlý |
| Danish | Hvidvinget Terne |
| Dutch | Witvleugelstern |
| English | White-winged Tern |
| English (Australia) | White-winged Black Tern |
| English (Kenya) | White-winged Black Tern |
| English (New Zealand) | White-winged Black Tern |
| English (UK) | White-winged Black Tern |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | White-winged Tern |
| English (United States) | White-winged Tern |
| Faroese | Vonghvít terna |
| Finnish | valkosiipitiira |
| French | Guifette leucoptère |
| French (French Guiana) | Guifette leucoptère |
| Galician | Gaivina de ás brancas |
| German | Weißflügel-Seeschwalbe |
| Greek | Αργυρογλάρονο |
| Hebrew | מירומית לבנת-כנף |
| Hungarian | Fehérszárnyú szerkő |
| Icelandic | Tígulþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut sayap-putih |
| Italian | Mignattino alibianche |
| Japanese | ハジロクロハラアジサシ |
| Korean | 흰죽지제비갈매기 |
| Latvian | Baltspārnu zīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Baltasparnė žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | വെൺചിറകൻ കരി ആള |
| Mongolian | Буурал хараалай |
| Norwegian | hvitvingesvartterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی بال سفید |
| Polish | rybitwa białoskrzydła |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Gaivina-d'asa-branca |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trinta-réis-negro-de-asa-branca |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gaivina-d'asa-branca |
| Romanian | Chirighiță cu aripi albe |
| Russian | Белокрылая крачка |
| Serbian | Belokrila čigra |
| Slovak | čorík bielokrídly |
| Slovenian | Beloperuta čigra |
| Spanish | Fumarel Aliblanco |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviotín Ala Blanca |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Fumarel Aliblanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Fumarel aliblanco |
| Swedish | vitvingad tärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบดำปีกขาว |
| Turkish | Ak Kanatlı Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок білокрилий |
Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)
PROTONYM:
Sterna leucoptera
Temminck, 1815. Manuel Orn. Tabl. Syst. ed.1(1814), p.483.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Coasts of the Mediterranean.
Definitions
- CHLIDONIAS
- leucopterum / leucopterus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Scientific name definitions
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, David Christie, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 28, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 28, 2017
Account navigation Account navigation
Originally Appeared in
Revision History
Birds of the World
-
Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, David Christie, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, D. A. Christie, G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus), 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.whwter.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
-
Last Published Version
- August 28, 2017
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, David Christie, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Revisors
David Christie, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, D. A. Christie, G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2017). White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus). 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.