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

Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Sterna Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chlidonias*	Rafinesque, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Sterna niger*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: dallëndyshja e detit e zezë 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): svartterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Dutch: zwarte 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: black tern sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Black Tern sources: Charles Hussey

French: guifette noire 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 dhubh sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Geabhróg dhubh

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

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

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

Israel (Hebrew): מרומית שחורה; שחפית שחורה )"מרומית שחורה"( sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Romanian: chirighiţa neagră sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian: Крячок чорний sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: cors-wennol ddu

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	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	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
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

GenBank (18 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Chlidonias niger (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:137137

Drs Cees Roselaar. Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96967