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

Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Sterna Linnaeus, 1758

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.

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

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

English-United States: Gull-billed Tern sources: Charles Hussey

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

Israel (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

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: Syst. Nat. 1 pt 2 p. 606

Norwegian Nynorsk: sandterne sources: Syst. Nat. 1 pt 2 p. 606

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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 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

original description	Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae, 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3), pp 1033-1516.
basis of record	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.
additional source	Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (322 publications)
GenBank (14 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Gelochelidon nilotica. 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:148798

Drs Cees Roselaar. Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96951