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 Gelochelidon

Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gelochelidon*	Brehm, 1830	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Sterna nilotica*	Gmelin, 1789	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: dallëndyshja sqeptrashë 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: Дебелоклюна рибарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

Japanese: ハシブトアジサシ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: môr-wennol ylfinbraff

Literature

basis of record	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	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.