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Species status: full species

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Other related concepts

• Chlidonias [leucopterus x niger] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Swartmeerswael , Swartmeerswael (Swartsterretjie), Swartsterretjie
Arabic: الخرشنة السوداء, الخرشنة السوداء جنة, خرشنة سوداء
Asturian: Garrochín Prietu, Garrochín Sarríu, Raquín prietu
Azerbaijani: qara bataqlıqsüpürəni, Qara sterna, Qara susüpürən
Bashkir: ҡара аҡсарлаҡ , ҡара сарлаҡ, һаҙ аҡсарлағы
Belarusian: Рыбачка чорная, Чорная рыбачка
Bulgarian: Черна рибарка
Bengali: কারা ঩ানচচর
Bengali (transliteration): kālā pānacila*
Breton: Ar stêrwennel du, Stêrwennel zu
Catalan: Fumarell, Fumarell negre
Catalan (Balears): Fumarell
Montenegrin: crna čigra, црна чигра
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): црна чигра
Czech: Rybák cerný, Rybák černý, rybák èerný
Chuvash: хура крачка, хура шыв чĕкеçĕ, хура шывчĕкеç
Welsh: Corswennol ddu, Cors-wennol ddu, Morwennol ddu, Ysgraell ddu
Danish: Sortterne
German: Trauerseeschwalbe
Greek: Μαυρoγλάρovo, Μαυρογλάρονο
Greek (Cypriot): Μαυρογλάρονο
English: Black Tern
English, HBW: Black Tern
English (IOC): Black Tern
English (Kenya): Black Tern
English (United States): Black Tern
Esperanto: Nigra ŝterno
Spanish: Charrán Negro, Charrancito Negro, Fumarel Cenizo, Fumarel Comun, Fumarel Común, Fumarel Negro, Gaviota Ceniza, Gaviota golondrina negra, Gaviota Negra, Gaviotica Prieta, Gaviotín negro, Golondrina-marina Negra
Spanish (Argentine): Gaviotín negro
Spanish (Chile): Gaviotín negro
Spanish (Colombia): Gaviotín Negro
Spanish (Costa Rica): Charrancito Negro
Spanish (Cuba): Gaviotica Prieta
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Charrán Negro, Gaviota Negra
Spanish (Ecuador): Gaviotín Negro
Spanish (Spain): Fumarel Común
Spanish (HBW): Fumarel común
Spanish (Honduras): Gaviota golondrina negra
Spanish (Mexico): charrán negro, Golondrina-marina Negra
Spanish (Nicaragua): Fumarel Negro
Spanish (Panama): Gaviotín Negro
Spanish (Peru): Gaviotín Negro
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Fumarel Común
Spanish (Uruguay): Gaviotín negro
Spanish (Venezuela): Gaviota Negra
Estonian: Mustviires
Basque: Fumarell negre , Itsas enara beltz, Itsas enara beltza
Persian: پرستو دریایی سیاه, پرستودریایی (پرستوتالابی) سیاه, پرستودریایی سیاه
Finnish: Mustatiira
Faroese: Svartterna
French: Guifette noire, Sterne noire
Friulian: ciule nere, cocalete
Frisian: Blaustirns
Irish: Geabhróg Dhubh
Gaelic: Steàrnan dubh
Galician: Fumarell negre , Gaivina negra
Manx: Gant doo, Sternag ghoo
Haitian Creole French: Mòv nwa
Hebrew: מירומית שחורה, מרומית שחורה
Croatian: Crna Cigra, Crna Čigra
Hungarian: Kormos szerko, Kormos szerkõ, Kormos szerkő
Armenian: [Sev Jratsitsar ], Սև Ջրածիծառ
Icelandic: Kolþerna, Koltþerna
Italian: Mignattino, Mignattino comune
Japanese (romaji): Hashi-guro kuro-hara ajisashi, hashi-guro kuro-hara aji-sashi, hashigurokuroharaajisashi, Hashiguro-kurohara-ajisashi
Japanese: ハシグロクロハラアジサシ
Japanese (Kanji): 嘴黒黒腹鯵刺
Georgian: შავი თევზიყლაპია, შანი თევზიყლაპია
Kara-Kalpak: қара шағала
Kabardian: псытхьэрыкъуапцӀэ
Mongolian, Halh: хараалзай
Khakas: Хара хайлах
Kazakh: Қара қарқылдақ, қара қарқылдақ шағала, қара қырқылдақ
Kazakh (Transliteration): qara qarqıldaq
Korean: 검은제비갈매기
Korean (Transliteration): geomeun-jebi-galmaegi
Karachay-Balkar: кам чайкъар
North Karelian: muštatiira
Cornish: Morwennol dhu
Kirghiz: кара чабакчыл, кара чагала
Scientific: Chlidonias niger, Chlidonias niger niger, Chlidonias nigra, Hydrochelidon nigra, Sterna nigra
Luxembourgish: Schwaarz Séischmuewel , Trauerséischmuewel
Lithuanian: Juodoji žuvedra, Juodoji žuvėdra
Latvian: Melnais zīriņš
Macedonian: Рибарска вртимушка, Црна рибарка
Malayalam: ആളക്കറുപ്പൻ
Mongolian: тэнүүл цахлай, хараалзай, Хилэн хараалай, Хилэн хараалзай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠢᠯᠡᠩ ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠯᠵᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠢᠯᠡᠩ ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠯᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хилэн хараалай
Mongolian (Transliteration): khileŋ kharaalai, khileŋ kharaalzai
Moldavian: Chirighiță neagră
Maltese: Cirlewwa Sewda, Ċirlewwa Sewda
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): тэнүүл цахлай
Dutch: Zwarte Stern
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svartterne
Norwegian: Svartterne
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): hiekkukyyhköi
Polish: Rybitwa bialoczelna, Rybitwa białoczelna, rybitwa czarna
Pinyin: hēi fú-ōu
Portuguese: gaivina preta, Gaivina-preta, trinta-réis-negro, Trinta-réis-negro / Gaivina-preta
Portuguese (Brazil): trinta-reis-negro, Trinta-réis-negro
Portuguese (Portugal): Gaivina-preta
Romansh: Pestgarel nair
Rhaeto-Romance: Pestgarel nair
Romanian: Chirighiță neagră, Chirighiţă neagră
Russian: Chyornaya Krachka, Крачка черная, Черная болотная чайка, Черная крачка, Чёрная крачка
Yakut: хара тыыраахы
Sardinian: Caixedda
Northern Sami: Čáhppesdirru
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Kalu Kangul-lihiniya
Slovak: Čorík čierny, Rybár čierny
Slovenian: crna cigra, črna čigra
Albanian: Dallendyshe deti e zeze, Dallëndyshe deti e zezë, Dallëndyshe deti zezë
Serbian: crna cigra, crna čigra, Црна чигра
Sranan: Fisman
Swedish: Svarttärna
Tajik: крачкаи сиѐҳ
Turkmen: gara çerik
Turkish: Kara sumru, Siyah Deniz-kırlangıcı, Қара қарқылдақ
Tatar: кара диңгез акчарлагы , кара крачка
Tuvinian: Кара суг хараачыгайы
Ukrainian: Крячок чорний , Чорний крячок
Uzbek: қора чигиртчи
Kalmyk: хар болҗмр, хар харлла
Chinese: [hei fu-ou], 黑浮鷗, 黑浮鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 黑浮鷗
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 黑浮鷗
Chinese (Taiwan): [hei fu-ou], 黑浮鷗, 黑浮鸥