Little Tern Sternula albifrons Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (50)
- Subspecies (5)
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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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Kleinsterretjie |
Albanian | Dallëndyshe deti ballëbardhë |
Arabic | خرشنة صغيرة |
Armenian | Փոքր ջրածիծառ |
Asturian | Garrochñn 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 (France) | 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. Adumbratiunculæ. Avium variarum praecedenti elencho insertarum, sed quæ in Systemate Naturæ Illustr. Linnæi nondum extant, p.6 no.271.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Holland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
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)
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