Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Laroidea > Family Laridae > Subfamily Sterninae > Genus Sterna

Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sterna*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: dallëndyshja e detit këmbëshkurtër; sterni dimërak sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Гривеста рибарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: splitterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grote stern sources: Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: sandwich tern sources: Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

French: sterne caugek sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Brandseeschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Χειμωνογλάρονο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: שחפית שחורת-מקור sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: beccapesci sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: margasnapė žuvėdra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: splitterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: rybitwa czubata sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: пестроносая крачка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: geabhróg scothdhubh sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kričava čigra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: charrán patinegro sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: kentsk tärna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kara gagali sumru; kara gagalı sumru sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Крячок рябодзьобий; Строкатоносий крячок sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: môr-wennol bigddu

Literature

original description	Latham, J.; Dwight, J.; Latham, J.; Latham, J.; Latham, J.; Padley, C.; Philips, E.; Tucker, M. B. (1787). Supplement to the General synopsis of birds. 298 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.