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 paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sterna*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Dutch: noordse 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: Arctic tern; Artic tern sources: Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: sterne à longue queue; sterne arctique sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264;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: Küstenseeschwalbe sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

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

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

Icelandic: krîa sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: môr-wennol y Gogledd

Literature

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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
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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.
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