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 hirundo Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sterna*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: dallëndyshja e detit; dallëndyshja e zakonshme e detit 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: Речна рибарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

French: sterne pierregarin 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: Flussseeschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

Japanese: 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: upinė žuvėdra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

Romanian: chira de baltă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: môr-wennol gyffredin

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
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	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
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	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	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	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.
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