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Damara Tern

Sternula balaenarum Strickland, HE 1853

The Damara tern is a species of small tern in the family Laridae which breeds in the southern summer in southern Africa and migrates to tropical African coasts to winter. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Laridae
Genus:
   Sternula
Scientific:
  Sternula balaenarum

Original description

Citation:
  Strickland, HE 1853

Reference:
   Contrib. Orn. [Jardine] 7 p.160

Protonym:
  Sternula balaenarum

Type locality:
  Damaraland.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51468307

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  9F9A13D8660983DD

Avibase ID:
  avibase-9F9A13D8

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/9F9A13D8

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 824128

Geographic range:

  • Sternula balaenarum: coastal Namibia to Cape Province; winters to northern Angola
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Damara Tern
Catalan:
Xatrac de Damara
Czech:
rybák damarský
Danish:
Damaraterne
German:
Damaraseeschwalbe
Spanish:
Charrancito de Damara
Spanish (Spain):
Charrancito de Damara
Finnish:
afrikanpikkutiira
French:
Sterne des baleiniers
Croatian:
južnoafrička čigra
Hungarian:
namíb törpecsér
Icelandic:
Hvalþerna
Italian:
Sterna del Damara
Japanese (romaji):
madaraajisashi
Japanese:
マダラアジサシ
Lithuanian:
Juodasnapė žuvėdra
Dutch:
Damarastern
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Benguelaterne
Norwegian:
Benguelaterne
Polish:
rybitwa namibijska
Portuguese:
trinta-réis-de-damara
Portuguese (Portugal):
chilreta-da-damaralândia
Russian:
Китовая крачка
Slovak:
rybár vrabcohlasý
Serbian:
Namibijska čigra
Swedish:
damaratärna
Ukrainian:
Крячок намібійський
Chinese:
西非燕鸥
Chinese (Traditional):
達馬拉燕鷗

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Damara Tern ( Sterna balaenarum)
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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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Sterne des baleiniers ( Sterna balaenarum)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Sterne des baleiniers ( Sterna balaenarum)
Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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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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eBird version 1.50:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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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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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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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:
Sternula balaenarum
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Damaraseeswael , Damaraseeswael (Damarasterretjie), Damarasterretjie
Azerbaijani: balina susüpürəni
Belarusian: Намібійская крычка
Bulgarian: Африканска белочела рибарка, Дамарска рибарка
Catalan: Xatrac de Damara
Czech: rybák damarský, Rybák krátkoocasý
Welsh: Môr-wennol Damara
Danish: Damaraterne
German: Damaraseeschwalbe, Damara-Seeschwalbe
Greek: Νανογλάρονο της Ναμίμπια
English: Damara Tern
English, HBW: Damara Tern
English (IOC): Damara Tern
English (United States): Damara Tern
Esperanto: Damara ŝterno
Spanish: Charrancito de Damara, Gaviotín Damara
Spanish (Spain): Charrancito de Damara
Spanish (HBW): Damara Tern
Estonian: pisitiir
Finnish: Afrikanpikkutiira
French: Sterne des baleiniers
Frisian: Damarastirns
Irish: Geabhróg Dhamarach
Galician: Carranciña de Damara
Croatian: južnoafrička čigra
Hungarian: namíb törpecsér
Icelandic: Hvalþerna
Italian: Fraticello dei Damara, Sterna del Damara, Sterna di Damara
Japanese (romaji): damaraajisashi, madaraajisashi
Japanese: ダマラアジサシ, マダラアジサシ
Kirghiz: дамара чабакчылы
Scientific: Sterna balaenarum, Sternula balaenarum
Lithuanian: Juodasnapė žuvėdra
Latvian: Melnknābja zīriņš
Dutch: Damarastern, Damara-stern
Norwegian Nynorsk: Benguelaterne
Norwegian: Benguelaterne
Polish: rybitwa namibijska
Portuguese: Gaivina de Damara, Gaivina-de-damara, Trinta-réis-de-damara
Portuguese (Portugal): chilreta-da-damaralândia
Romanian: Chira balenierelor
Russian: Китовая крачка
Slovak: rybár vrabcohlasý
Slovenian: Damarska čigra
Serbian: Damarska čigra, Namibijska čigra
Swedish: Damaratärna
Turkish: Damara Sumrusu
Ukrainian: Крячок намібійський
Chinese: 西非燕鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 達馬拉燕鷗

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