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

Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sterna*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: dallëndyshja e detit; dallëndyshja e zakonshme 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): makrellterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Речна рибарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: visdief 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: common tern sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Common Tern sources: Charles Hussey

French: sterne pierregarin 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 sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Geabhróg

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: makrellterne sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 137

Norwegian Nynorsk: makrellterne sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 137

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

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

Romanian: chira de baltă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

Welsh: môr-wennol gyffredin

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	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.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	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	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	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	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
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	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.

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1448 publications)
Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
GenBank (22 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
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Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758. 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:137162

Drs Cees Roselaar. Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96959