Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Gygis [alba or candida]

Your sightings

Related taxa

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Other related concepts

• Gygis [candida x microrhyncha] (hybrid)
• Gygis [candida or microrhyncha] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Witsterretjie (Stille Oseaan)
Bulgarian: Бяла рибарка (ssp. candida/leucopes)
Danish: Atlantisk Silketerne, Stillehavs (ssp. candida/leucopes), Silketerne
German: Feenseeschwalbe (candida/leucopes)
English: Blue-billed White Tern, Blue-billed White-Tern, Common White Tern, Common White Tern [incl. leucopes], Common White-Tern [incl. leucopes], Common White-Tern [Pacific], White Tern (Pacific), White Tern [Pacific]
English (Hawaii): Manu o Kū - White Tern (Pacific)
English, HBW: Common White Tern (Pacific)
English, Hawaii: Manu o Kū - White Tern (Pacific)
English (IOC): White Tern (Pacific)
English (United States): White Tern (Pacific)
Esperanto: blubeka ŝterno
Spanish: Charrán Blanco (candida/leucopes)
Spanish (Chile): Gaviotín blanco (candida/leucopes)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Charrán Blanco (candida/leucopes)
Spanish (Ecuador): Gaviotín Albo (candida/leucopes)
Spanish (Spain): Charrán blanco (candida/leucopes)
Spanish (HBW): White Tern (Pacific)
Spanish (Mexico): Charrán Blanco (candida/leucopes)
Spanish (Panama): Gaviotín Blanco (candida/leucopes)
Spanish (Peru): Gaviotín Blanco (candida/leucopes)
Estonian: haldjastiir
French: Gygis blanche (forme du Pacifique), Gygis blanche (Pacifique), Gygis blanche [candida ou leucopes], Gygis du Pacifique, Gygis du Pacifique [incl. leucopes]
Icelandic: Bjartþerna (candida/leucopes)
Japanese (romaji): shiroajisashi (candida/leucopes)
Japanese: シロアジサシ (candida/leucopes), シロアジサシ（candida／leucopes）
Scientific: Gygis alba [candida or leucopes], Gygis alba candida, Gygis alba candida/leucopes, Gygis candida, Gygis candida [incl. leucopes], Sterna candida
Dutch: Opaalstern (Stille Oceaan)
Norwegian: silketerne (candida/leucopes)
Polish: atolówka (candida/leucopes), rybitwa sniezna
Portuguese (Brazil): grazina (candida/leucopes)
Portuguese (Portugal): gaivina-branca (candida/leucopes)
Russian: Белая крачка (candida/leucopes)
Slovak: gygis tichomorský, gygis tichomorský (skup.)
Serbian: Bela čigra (candida/leucopes)
Swedish: fetärna (candida/leucopes)
Turkish: Sütbeyaz Sumru (candida/leucopes)
Chinese: 白燕鸥（印度洋至太平洋，蓝嘴基）