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 forsteri Nuttall, 1834

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sterna*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Forsters stern sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Forster's tern sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: sterne de Forster sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: balıkçın; deniz kırlangıcı; sumru sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Крячок Форстера sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: môr-wennol Forster

Literature

basis of record	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.