Little Tern Sternula albifrons Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (60)
- Subspecies (5)
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 26, 2016
Text last updated August 26, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kleinsterretjie |
| Albanian | Dallëndyshe deti ballëbardhë |
| Arabic | خرشنة صغيرة |
| Armenian | Փոքր ջրածիծառ |
| Asturian | Garrochín nanu |
| Azerbaijani | Kiçik susüpürən |
| Bangla (India) | ছোট ঢেঁকচিল |
| Basque | Txenadatxo arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Белочела рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac menut comú |
| Chinese | 小燕鷗 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白額燕鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白额燕鸥 |
| Croatian | mala čigra |
| Czech | rybák malý |
| Danish | Dværgterne |
| Dutch | Dwergstern |
| English | Little Tern |
| English (United States) | Little Tern |
| Estonian | väiketiir |
| Faroese | Fruntaterna |
| Finnish | pikkutiira |
| French | Sterne naine |
| French (Canada) | Sterne naine |
| Galician | Carranciño común |
| Georgian | მცირე თევზიყლაპია |
| German | Zwergseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Νανογλάρονο |
| Gujarati | નાની વાબગલી |
| Hebrew | שחפית גמדית |
| Hungarian | Kis csér |
| Icelandic | Dvergþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut kecil |
| Italian | Fraticello |
| Japanese | コアジサシ |
| Kannada | ಸಣ್ಣ ರೀವ |
| Korean | 쇠제비갈매기 |
| Latvian | Mazais zīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Mažoji žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | ആളച്ചിന്നൻ |
| Maori | Tara Teo | Little Tern |
| Mongolian | Хурган хараалай |
| Nepali (Nepal) | लघु फ्यालफ्याले |
| Norwegian | dvergterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی کوچک |
| Polish | rybitwa białoczelna |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Chilreta |
| Punjabi (India) | ਛੋਟੀ ਕਰਾਹੀ |
| Romanian | Chiră mică |
| Russian | Малая крачка |
| Serbian | Mala čigra |
| Slovak | rybár malý |
| Slovenian | Mala čigra |
| Spanish | Charrancito Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrancito común |
| Swedish | småtärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบเล็ก |
| Turkish | Küçük Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок малий |
| Zulu | unonklilwane |
Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764)
PROTONYM:
Sterna albifrons
Pallas, 1764. Adumbratiunculæ. Avium variarum praecedenti elencho insertarum, sed quæ in Systemate Naturæ Illustr. Linnæi nondum extant, p.6 no.271.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Maassche Land (Holland).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- STERNULA
- albifrons
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Little Tern
