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Forster's/Common Tern

Sterna [hirundo or forsteri]

Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Laridae
Genus:
   null
Scientific:
  Sterna [hirundo or forsteri]

Original description

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Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E19333EC6979EAEF

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E19333EC

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E19333EC

Taxonomic Serial Number:

English:
Common or Forster's Tern
Afrikaans:
Moeras-/Gewone Sterretjie
Azerbaijani:
Maskalı/Çay susüpürəni
Bulgarian:
Речна / Сребристокрила рибарка
Catalan:
xatrac de Forster/comú
Czech:
rybák obecný/severoamerický
Danish:
Fjordterne/Prærieterne
German:
Fluss-/Forsterseeschwalbe
Greek:
Ποταμογλάρονο/Αμερικανικό Ποταμογλάρονο
Spanish:
Charrán Común/de Forster
Spanish (Spain):
Charrán común/de Forster
Estonian:
sootiir/jõgitiir
Finnish:
kalatiira/hopeatiira
French:
Sterne pierregarin ou S. de Forster
Croatian:
Forsterova/crvenokljuna čigra
Hungarian:
Tavi/Küszvágó csér
Icelandic:
Síla-/tálþerna
Japanese (romaji):
ajisashi/meriken'ajisashi
Japanese:
アジサシ/メリケンアジサシ
Dutch:
Visdief/Forsters Stern
Norwegian:
makrellterne/prærieterne
Polish:
rybitwa rzeczna/czarnoucha
Portuguese (Portugal):
andorinha-do-mar-comum/andorinha-do-mar-de-forster
Romanian:
Chira lui Forster/de baltă
Russian:
Речная/Черноухая крачка
Slovak:
rybár riečny/močiarny
Slovenian:
Navadna/Ameriška rečna čigra
Serbian:
Obična/forsterova čigra
Swedish:
fisktärna/kärrtärna
Turkish:
Sumru/Maskeli sumru
Ukrainian:
Крячок неоарктичний/річковий

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Common or Forster's Tern ( Sterna [hirundo or forsteri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Common or Forster's Tern ( Sterna [hirundo or forsteri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Common or Forster's Tern ( Sterna [hirundo or forsteri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Common or Forster's Tern ( Sterna [hirundo or forsteri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Common or Forster's Tern ( Sterna [hirundo or forsteri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Common or Forster's Tern ( Sterna [hirundo or forsteri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Common or Forster's Tern ( Sterna [hirundo or forsteri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Common or Forster's Tern ( Sterna [hirundo or forsteri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Common or Forster's Tern ( Sterna [hirundo or forsteri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Common or Forster's Tern ( Sterna [hirundo or forsteri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Common or Forster's Tern ( Sterna [hirundo or forsteri])
eBird version 1.54:
Common/Forster's Tern ( Sterna hirundo/forsteri)
eBird version 1.55:
Common/Forster's Tern ( Sterna hirundo/forsteri)
eBird version 2015:
Common/Forster's Tern ( Sterna hirundo/forsteri)
eBird version 2016:
Common/Forster's Tern ( Sterna hirundo/forsteri)
eBird version 2017:
Common/Forster's Tern ( Sterna hirundo/forsteri)
eBird version 2018:
Common/Forster's Tern ( Sterna hirundo/forsteri)
eBird version 2019:
Common/Forster's Tern ( Sterna hirundo/forsteri)
eBird version 2021:
Common/Forster's Tern ( Sterna hirundo/forsteri)
eBird version 2022:
Common/Forster's Tern ( Sterna hirundo/forsteri)
eBird version 2023:
Forster's/Common Tern ( Sterna forsteri/hirundo)
eBird version 2024:
Forster's/Common Tern ( Sterna forsteri/hirundo)
eBird version 2025:
Forster's/Common Tern ( Sterna forsteri/hirundo)

Taxonomic status:

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Afrikaans: Moeras-/Gewone Sterretjie
Azerbaijani: Maskalı/Çay susüpürəni
Bulgarian: Речна / Сребристокрила рибарка
Catalan: xatrac de Forster/comú
Czech: rybák obecný/severoamerický
Danish: Fjordterne/Prærieterne
German: Fluss-/Forsterseeschwalbe
Greek: Ποταμογλάρονο/Αμερικανικό Ποταμογλάρονο
English: Common or Forster's Tern, Common/Forster's Tern, Forster's/Common Tern
[ENAV]: Forster's/Common Tern
English, HBW: Common/Forster's Tern
English (IOC): Common/Forster's Tern
English (United States): Common/Forster's Tern
Spanish: Charrán Común/de Forster
Spanish (Argentine): Gaviotín Golondrina/de Forster
Spanish (Costa Rica): Charrán Común/de Forster
Spanish (Cuba): Gaviota común/de Forster
Spanish (Spain): Charrán Común/de Forster
Spanish (HBW): Common/Forster's Tern
Spanish (Mexico): Charrán Común/de Forster
Spanish (Panama): Gaviotín Común/de Forster
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Charrán de Foster/Común
Estonian: sootiir/jõgitiir
Finnish: kalatiira/hopeatiira
French: Sterne pierregarin ou S. de Forster
French (Guyane): Sterne pierregarin ou S. de Forster
Croatian: Forsterova/crvenokljuna čigra
Hungarian: Tavi/Küszvágó csér
Icelandic: Síla-/tálþerna
Japanese (romaji): ajisashi/meriken'ajisashi
Japanese: アジサシ/メリケンアジサシ
Scientific: Sterna [hirundo or forsteri], Sterna forsteri/hirundo, Sterna hirundo/forsteri
Dutch: Visdief/Forsters Stern
Norwegian: makrellterne/prærieterne
Polish: rybitwa rzeczna/czarnoucha
Portuguese (Açores): Garajau-comum/Garajau-de-forster
Portuguese (Madeira): Garajau-comum/Garajau-de-forster
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinha-do-mar-comum/andorinha-do-mar-de-forster, Gaivina-comum/Gaivina-de-forster
Romanian: Chira lui Forster/de baltă
Russian: Речная/Черноухая крачка
Slovak: rybár riečny/močiarny
Slovenian: Navadna/Ameriška rečna čigra
Serbian: Obična/forsterova čigra
Swedish: fisktärna/kärrtärna
Turkish: Sumru/Maskeli sumru
Ukrainian: Крячок неоарктичний/річковий

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