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Black-naped Tern

Sterna sumatrana Raffles, TS 1822

The black-naped tern is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is rarely found inland. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Laridae
Genus:
   Sterna
Scientific:
  Sterna sumatrana

Original description

Citation:
  Raffles, TS 1822

Reference:
   Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1), 13 p.329

Protonym:
  Sterna Sumatrana

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/755075

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  9D6704AC5D349A16

Avibase ID:
  avibase-9D6704AC

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/9D6704AC

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176917

Geographic range:

  • Sterna sumatrana sumatrana: Andaman and Nicobar islands east to eastern China and southern Japan, south through southeast Asia to the Philippines, the Sunda Islands, New Guinea and northern Australia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and west central Polynesia (east to Samoa)
  • Sterna sumatrana mathewsi: Aldabra, Amirante, Chagos and Maldive islands
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Black-naped Tern
Catalan:
Xatrac de Sumatra
Czech:
rybák bělotemenný
Danish:
Indonesisk Terne
German:
Schwarznacken-Seeschwalbe
Spanish:
Charrán de Sumatra
Spanish (Spain):
Charrán de Sumatra
Finnish:
mustaniskatiira
French:
Sterne diamant
Croatian:
svijetla čigra
Hungarian:
feketefejű csér
Icelandic:
Depilþerna
Italian:
Sterna nucanera
Japanese (romaji):
eriguroajisashi
Japanese:
エリグロアジサシ
Lithuanian:
Juodasprandė žuvėdra
Dutch:
Zwartnekstern
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svartnakketerne
Norwegian:
Svartnakketerne
Polish:
rybitwa równikowa
Portuguese:
Gaivina-de-nuca-preta
Russian:
Светлая крачка
Slovak:
rybár čiernotylový
Serbian:
Sumatranska čigra
Swedish:
svartnackad tärna
Ukrainian:
Крячок індонезійський
Chinese:
黑枕燕鸥
Chinese (Traditional):
蒼燕鷗

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Black-naped Tern ( Sterna sumatrana) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Sterne diamant ( Sterna sumatrana) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Sterne diamant ( Sterna sumatrana) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
Black-naped Tern ( Sterna sumatrana) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Sterna sumatrana [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Sterna sumatrana [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Sterna sumatrana [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Swartkroonseeswael , Swartkroonseeswael (Swartnekseeswael, Swartkroonsterretjie, Swartneksterretjie
Azerbaijani: parlaq susüpürən
Belarusian: Светлая крычка
Bulgarian: Суматранска рибарка
Bengali: কারাঘাড় ঩ানচচর , কালাঘাড় পানচিল
Bengali (transliteration): kālāghāṛa pānacila
Catalan: Xatrac de Sumatra
Czech: Rybák belocelý, rybák bělotemenný
Welsh: Môr-wennol warddu
Danish: Indonesisk Terne
German: Schwarznackenseeschwalbe, Schwarznacken-Seeschwalbe
Maldivian: Kirudhooni
English: Blacknaped Tern, Black-naped Tern
English, HBW: Black-naped Tern
English (IOC): Black-naped Tern
English (United States): Black-naped Tern
Esperanto: Nigranuka ŝterno
Spanish: Charrán de Sumatra, Gaviotín de Nuca Blanca
Spanish (Spain): Charrán de Sumatra
Spanish (HBW): Black-naped Tern
Estonian: mustkukal-tiir
Finnish: Mustaniskatiira
French: Sterne à nuque noire, Sterne de Sumatra, Sterne diamant
Frisian: Swartnekkestirns
Irish: Geabhróg bhaicdhubh
Galician: Carrán de Sumatra
Hebrew: שחפית שחורת-עורף
Croatian: svijetla čigra
Hungarian: feketefejű csér
Indonesian: Burung Dara Laut Sumatera, Burung Dara-laut Tengkuk-hitam, Dara laut Sumatra, Dara laut tengkuk hitam, Dara-laut tengkuk-hitam, Daralaut Tengkuk-hitam
Icelandic: Depilþerna
Italian: Sterna nucanera
Japanese (romaji): eri-guro aji-sashi, eriguroajisashi, Eriguro-ajisashi
Japanese: エリグロアジサシ
Japanese (Kanji): 襟黒鯵刺
Scientific: Sterna melanauchen, Sterna sumatrana, Sterna sumatrana sumatrana
Lithuanian: Juodasprandė žuvėdra
Latvian: melnkakla zīriņš
Malayalam: പിടലികറുപ്പൻ ആള
Malay: Burung Camar Sumatera, Burung Camar Tengkuk Hitam, Burung Camar Topi Hitam, Camar Tengkuk Hitam
Dutch: Zwartnekstern
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svartnakketerne
Norwegian: Svartnakketerne
Palauan: Kerkirs
Polish: rybitwa równikowa
Pinyin: cāng yàn-ōu, hēi-zhěn yàn-ōu
Portuguese: Gaivina-de-nuca-preta
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinha-do-mar-de-samatra, Gaivina-de-nuca-preta
Rarotongan: Kakavai Māui
Rhaeto-Romance: Pestgarel da la tatona naira
Russian: Светлая крачка, Светлая темнозатылочная крачка, Франклинова чайка
Northern Sami: Čáhppesniehkkečearret
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Kalu-gelasi Muhudulihiniya
Slovak: rybár čiernotylový, rybár čiernotylý
Samoan: gogosina
Serbian: Sumatranska čigra
Swedish: Svartnackad tärna
Swahili: Shakwe Kisogo-cheusi
Thai: นกนางนวลแกลบท้ายทอยดำ
Thai (Transliteration): nók naaŋ-nuan-klàeep tʰáay-tʰoaay-dam
Turkish: Kara enseli sumru
Ukrainian: Крячок індонезійський
Vietnamese: Chim Nhàn Xumatra, Nhàn sumatra, Nhàn Xumatra
Chinese: 蒼燕鷗, 黑枕燕鷗, 黑枕燕鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 蒼燕鷗, 蒼燕鷗〔黑枕燕鷗〕, 黑枕燕鷗
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 蒼燕鷗
Chinese (Taiwan): 苍燕鸥

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