Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Sternidae > Genus Sterna

Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sterna*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: dallëndyshja e detit këmbëshkurtër; sterni dimërak 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: Гривеста рибарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: grote stern sources: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: sandwich tern sources: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

English-United States: Sandwich Tern sources: Charles Hussey

French: sterne caugek 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.

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

Galician: Geabhróg scothdhubh

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

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

Irish: Geabhróg scothdhubh sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: môr-wennol bigddu

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	Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (171 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137166

Drs Cees Roselaar. Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96955