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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

Type locality:
  Sumatra.

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: islands off tropical Indian and Pacific oceans from Seychelles to Cook Islands (eastern Polynesia)
  • Sterna sumatrana sumatrana: Andaman and Nicobar islands eastward to eastern China and southern Japan, southward through southeastern Asia to Philippines, Sundas, New Guinea, northern Australia, Micronesia, Melanesia, and west-central Polynesia (east to Samoa)
  • Sterna sumatrana mathewsi: Aldabra, Amirante, Chagos, and Maldives
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
Portuguese (Portugal):
andorinha-do-mar-de-samatra
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:
Black-naped Tern ( Sterna sumatrana) [version 1]
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. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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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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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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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, version 2024:
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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 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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eBird version 2024:
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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 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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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):
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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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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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