Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Thalasseus [sandvicensis, acuflavidus or eurygnathus]

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Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other related concepts

• Thalasseus [bengalensis x sandvicensis] (hybrid)
• Thalasseus [sandvicensis x eurygnathus] (hybrid)
• Thalasseus [sandvicensis x elegans] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Grootseeswael , Grootsterretjie
Arabic: خرشنة الساندويش
Asturian: Chirri, Chirri Patiprietu
Azerbaijani: Alaburun sterna
Bulgarian: Гривеста рибарка
Bengali: স্যান্ডউইচ পানচিল
Breton: Ar skravig-kuchenn
Catalan: Llambritja de bec llarg, Xatrac becllarg
Catalan (Balears): Llambritja de bec llarg
Czech: Rybák severní
Welsh: Morwennol bigddu
Danish: Splitterne
German: Brandseeschwalbe, Brandseeschwalbe-sandvicensis
Greek: Χειμωνογλάρονο
Greek (Cypriot): Χειμωνογλάρονο
English: Cabot's Tern, Cayenne Tern, Eurasian Sandwich Tern, Sandwich or Cabot's Tern, Sandwich Tern
English (Kenya): Sandwich Tern
Esperanto: blanka ŝterno
Spanish: Charrán de Sandwich, charrán patanegra, Charrán Patinegro, Gaviota golondrina sandwiche, Gaviota Pico Agudo, Gaviotín Brasilero, Gaviotín de Sandwich, Gaviotín Patinegro, Gaviotín Pico Amarillo o Gaviotín Brasilero ???, Gaviotín pico negro, Golondrina-marina de Sandwich, Pagaza puntiamarilla
Spanish (Argentine): Gaviotín pico negro
Spanish (Chile): Gaviotín de Sandwich
Spanish (Colombia): Gaviotín Patinegro
Spanish (Costa Rica): Pagaza puntiamarilla
Spanish (Cuba): Gaviota de Sandwich
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Charrán Piconegro, Gaviota Pico Agudo
Spanish (Spain): Charrán Patinegro
Spanish (Honduras): Gaviota golondrina sandwiche
Spanish (Mexico): charrán de Sandwich, Golondrina-marina de Sandwich
Spanish (Nicaragua): Pagaza Puntiamarilla
Spanish (Panama): Gaviotín Puntiamarillo
Spanish (Peru): Gaviotín de Pata Negra
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Charrán Piquiagudo
Spanish (Uruguay): Gaviotín del Cayena, Gaviotín Pico Amarillo o Gaviotín Brasilero ???
Spanish (Venezuela): Gaviota Patinegra
Estonian: Tutt-tiir
Basque: Txenada hankabeltza, Xatrac becllarg
Finnish: Riuttatiira
Faroese: Faksaterna
French: Sterne caugek, Sterne caugek ou S. de Cabot
Irish: Geabhróg Scothdhubh
Gaelic: Steàrnag Mhòr
Galician: Carrán cristado, Xatrac becllarg
Haitian Creole French: Mòv kojèk
Hebrew: שחפית סנדוויץ, שחפית סנדוויץ', שחפית שחורת מקור, שחפית שחורת־מקור
Croatian: Dugokljuna Cigra, Dugokljuna Čigra
Hungarian: Kenti csér
Armenian: Սպիտակաքիթ ջրածիծառ
Icelandic: Þaraþerna
Italian: Beccapesci
Japanese (romaji): sandoicchiajisashi, sandoitchi aji-sashi
Japanese: サンドイッチアジサシ
Japanese (Kanji): サンドイッチ鯵刺
Georgian: ჭრელნისკარტა თევზიყლაპია
Kazakh: Айдарлы қарқылдақ
Cornish: Morwennol penvagas
Scientific: Sterna sandvicensis, Sterna sandvicensis sandvicensis, Sterna sandvicensis sanvicensis, Thalasseus [sandvicensis or acuflavidus], Thalasseus sandvicensis, Thalasseus sandvicensis sandvicensis
Luxembourgish: Mierséischmuewel
Lithuanian: Margasnape žuvedra, Margasnapė žuvėdra, Margasparnė žuvėdra
Latvian: Cekulzīriņš
Macedonian: Вртимушка
Malayalam: കടലുണ്ടി ആള
Maltese: Ċirlewwa tax-Xitwa
Dutch: Grote Stern
Norwegian: Splitterne
Polish: rybitwa czubata, Rybitwa wielkodzioba
Pinyin: bái-zuǐ duān fèng-tóu yàn-ōu, bái-zuǐ duān yàn-ōu
Portuguese: Garajau, garajau comum, Garajau-comum, trinta-réis-de-bando, trinta-réis-de-bico-amarelo
Portuguese (Brazil): trinta-réis-de-bando, trinta-réis-de-bico-amarelo
Portuguese (Portugal): Garajau-de-bico-preto
Romansh: Pestgarel piclapeschs
Romanian: Chiră de mare
Russian: Крачка пестроносая, Пестроносая крачка
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Sandwich Muhudulihiniya
Slovak: Rybár sivý
Slovenian: kricava cigra, kričava cigra, Kričava čigra
Albanian: Sterni dimërak
Serbian: dugokljuna cigra, dugokljuna čigra, Морска чигра
Swedish: Kentsk tärna
Swahili: Shakwe Domo-rangimbili
Turkish: Kara Gagalı Sumru, kara gagaly sumru, Karagagalı Sumru, Kara-gagalı Sumru, Sandwich Deniz-kırlangıcı
Ukrainian: Крячок рябодзьобий , Рябодзьобий крячок
Chinese: 白嘴端凤头燕鸥, 白嘴端凤头鸥, 白嘴端燕鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 白嘴端燕鷗, 白嘴端鳳頭燕鷗
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 白嘴端燕鷗
Chinese (Taiwan): 白嘴端燕鸥