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

Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

SternaLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): prærieterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: Forsters stern sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: Forster's tern sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 English-United States: Forster's Tern sources: Charles Hussey
 French: sterne de Forster sources: Avibase - the world bird database
 German: Forsterseeschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: Forsterio žuvėdra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: prærieterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: prærieterne sources: Man. Orn. U. S. Can. ed. 1 2 p. 274
 Norwegian Nynorsk: prærieterne sources: Man. Orn. U. S. Can. ed. 1 2 p. 274
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): prærieterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: rybitwa czarnoucha sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: крачка форстера sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: ameriška rečna čigra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: charrán de Forster sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: kärrtärna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: deniz kırlangıcı; sumru sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Крячок Форстера sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: môr-wennol Forster

Literature

basis of record

Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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

Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.

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

ITIS database

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (475 publications)
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834. 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:159057

Drs Cees Roselaar. Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96957

Image

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159057
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96957

Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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