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 dougallii Montagu, 1813

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

SternaLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: rosenterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: Dougalls stern sources: Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp.
 English: roseate tern sources: Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
 French: sterne de Dougall 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: Rosenseeschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: שחפית ורדרדת; שחפית ורדרדת * sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: sterna del Dougall sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: ベニアジサシ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: rožinė žuvėdra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: rosenterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: rosenterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: rosenterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: rybitwa różowa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: розовая крачка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: geabhróg rósach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: rožnata čigra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: charrán rosado sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: rosentärna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: çavuş kuşu; hüthüt; ibibik; pembe sumru sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Крячок рожевий; Рожевий крячок sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: môr-wennol wridog

Literature

original description

Montagu, G. (1813). Supplement to the Ornithological Dictionary, or synopsis of British birds. Exeter: S. Woolmer. 6: 476pp, 24 plates.

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

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

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

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

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

additional source

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

additional source

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137160

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7d5a6359-a3a6-4c85-99f1-d7d2ca9f2301

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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