Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Sterna hirundo [hirundo or minussensis]

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Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

Bulgarian: Речна рибарка (ssp. hirundo)
Catalan: Xatrac comú
Czech: rybák obecný holarktický
German: Flußseeschwalbe (hirundo), Flußseeschwalbe-hirundo, Fluβseeschwalbe (hirundo)
English: Common Tern, Common Tern (Common), Common Tern (hirundo), European Common Tern, Western Common Tern
Spanish: Charrán Común (hirundo), Golondrina de Mar
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Charrán Común
Spanish (Spain): Charrán Común (hirundo)
Spanish (Mexico): Charrán Común (hirundo)
Spanish (Panama): Gaviotín Común (hirundo)
Spanish (Uruguay): Golondrina de Mar
Estonian: Jõgitiir
French: Sterne pierregarin, Sterne Pierre-garin, Sterne pierregarin (forme nominale), Sterne pierregarin (hirundo), Sterne pierregarin (nominal), Sterne pierregarin (nominale), Sterne pierregarin (race nominale)
Guadeloupean Creole French: Mauve blanche
Hebrew: שחפית ים (מערבית)
Croatian: Crvenokljuna čigra (subsp. hirundo)
Hungarian: Küszvágó csér (hirundo)
Japanese (romaji): ajisashi (hirundo)
Japanese: アジサシ (hirundo)
Scientific: Sterna Hirundo, Sterna hirundo hirundo
Latvian: Upes zīriņš (hirundo)
Dutch: Visdief (hirundo)
Norwegian: makrellterne (hirundo)
Polish: rybitwa rzeczna (ssp. hirundo)
Portuguese (Brazil): trinta-réis-boreal (hirundo)
Portuguese (Portugal): Gaivina-comum (hirundo)
Russian: Речная крачка (подвид hirundo)
Slovak: rybár riečny
Swedish: fisktärna (hirundo)
Turkish: Sumru (hirundo)
Ukrainian: Крячок річковий (підвид hirundo)
Chinese: 普通燕鸥（广布）
Chinese (Traditional): 燕鷗(廣布)