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 Chlidonias

Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chlidonias*	Rafinesque, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Sterna niger*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Sterna nigra*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: dallëndyshja e detit e zezë 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: Черна рибарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

French: guifette noire 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: Trauer-Seeschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Hebrew: מרומית שחורה; שחפית שחורה )"מרומית שחורה"( sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

Romanian: chirighiţa neagră sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: cors-wennol ddu

Literature

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	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	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
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	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.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
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.