Gray-backed Tern Onychoprion lunatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Monotypic
Carolyn S. Mostello, Nicholas A. Palaia, and Roger B. Clapp
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Сивогърба рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac de Peale |
| Czech | rybák tichomořský |
| Danish | Polynesisk Terne |
| Dutch | Fijistern |
| English | Gray-backed Tern |
| English (HAW) | Pākalakala - Gray-backed Tern |
| English (United States) | Gray-backed Tern |
| Finnish | oseaniantiira |
| French | Sterne à dos gris |
| French (France) | Sterne à dos gris |
| German | Brillenseeschwalbe |
| Icelandic | Mánaþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut fiji |
| Japanese | ナンヨウマミジロアジサシ |
| Norwegian | polynesiaterne |
| Polish | rybitwa pacyficzna |
| Russian | Очковая крачка |
| Serbian | Sivoleđa čigra |
| Slovak | rybár sivochrbtý |
| Spanish | Charrán Lunado |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviotín pascuense |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán lunado |
| Swedish | söderhavstärna |
| Turkish | Gözlüklü Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок полінезійський |
Onychoprion lunatus (Peale, 1849)
PROTONYM:
Sterna lunata
Peale, 1849. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. VIII: Mammalia and ornithology. 1st ed. 8, p.227.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Vincennes Island, Paumotu Group.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ONYCHOPRION
- lunatus
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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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Distribution of the Gray-backed Tern
