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

*Sterna*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted 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

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