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

Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sterna*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

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

Dutch: noordse 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: Arctic tern; Artic tern sources: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Arctic Tern; Artic Tern sources: Charles Hussey

French: sterne à longue queue; sterne arctique sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264;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 Artach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Geabhróg Artach

German: Küstenseeschwalbe sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

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

Icelandic: krîa sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

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

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: rødnebbterne sources: Den danske atlas 1 p. 622

Norwegian Nynorsk: raudnebbterne sources: Den danske atlas 1 p. 622

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: kuzey sumrusu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Welsh: môr-wennol y Gogledd

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	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	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

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (241 publications)
Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
GenBank (14 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763. 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:137165

Drs Cees Roselaar. Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96960