Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (33)
- Monotypic
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 27, 2017
Text last updated August 27, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Амазонска рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac menut amazònic |
| Czech | rybák amazonský |
| Danish | Amazonterne |
| Dutch | Amazonestern |
| English | Yellow-billed Tern |
| English (United States) | Yellow-billed Tern |
| Finnish | amazonianpikkutiira |
| French | Sterne argentée |
| French (France) | Sterne argentée |
| German | Amazonasseeschwalbe |
| Icelandic | Sólþerna |
| Japanese | アマゾンアジサシ |
| Norwegian | amazondvergterne |
| Polish | rybitwa brazylijska |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trinta-réis-pequeno |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Trinta-reis-anão |
| Russian | Амазонская крачка |
| Serbian | Žutokljuna čigra |
| Slovak | rybár žltozobý |
| Spanish | Charrancito Amazónico |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviotín de Río |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Charrán Piquiamarillo |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviotín Amazónico |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviotín Piquiamarillo |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Gaviotín chico |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín de Pico Amarillo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrancito amazónico |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gaviotín Chico |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gaviota Pico Amarillo |
| Swedish | amazontärna |
| Turkish | Amazon Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок амазонський |
Sternula superciliaris (Vieillot, 1819)
PROTONYM:
Sterna superciliaris
Vieillot, 1819. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 32, p.176.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Paraguay, ex Azara, no. 415.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- STERNULA
- superciliare / superciliaris
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Yellow-billed Tern
