Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Sterna hirundo

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other related concepts

• Sterna hirundo [[hirundo or tibetana] x longipennis] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Gewone Sterretjie (longipennis)
Arabic: خرشنة شائعة (longipennis)
Asturian: Garrochín común (longipennis)
Azerbaijani: Çay susüpürəni (longipennis yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Речна рибарка (ssp. longipennis)
Catalan: Xatrac comú (longipennis)
Czech: rybák obecný (ssp. longipennis)
Danish: Fjordterne (ssp. longipennis)
German: Flußseeschwalbe (longipennis), Flußseeschwalbe-longipennis
Greek: Ποταμογλάρονο (longipennis)
English: Common tern, Common Tern (longipennis), Common Tern (Siberian)
English, HBW: Common Tern (longipennis)
English (IOC): Common Tern (longipennis)
English (United States): Common Tern (longipennis)
Spanish: Charrán Común (longipennis)
Spanish (Argentine): Gaviotín Golondrina (longipennis)
Spanish (Chile): Gaviotín boreal (longipennis)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Charrán Común (longipennis)
Spanish (Cuba): Gaviota común (longipennis)
Spanish (Ecuador): Gaviotín Común (longipennis)
Spanish (Spain): Charrán Común (longipennis)
Spanish (HBW): Common Tern (longipennis)
Spanish (Mexico): Charrán Común (longipennis)
Spanish (Panama): Gaviotín Común (longipennis)
Spanish (Peru): Gaviotín Común (longipennis)
Spanish (Paraguay): Gaviotín golondrina (longipennis)
Spanish (Uruguay): Gaviotín Golondrina (Subesp. longipennis)
Basque: Txenada arrunta (longipennis)
Persian: پرستو دریایی معمولی (longipennis)
Finnish: kalatiira (longipennis)
French: Sterne pierregarin (forme de Sibérie), Sterne pierregarin (longipennis), Sterne pierregarin (Sibérie)
Galician: Carrán común (longipennis)
Hebrew: שחפית ים (מזרחית)
Hungarian: Küszvágó csér (longipennis)
Armenian: Գետային ջրածիծառ (longipennis)
Icelandic: Sílaþerna (longipennis)
Japanese (romaji): ajisashi (longipennis)
Japanese: アジサシ (longipennis), アジサシ（longipennis）
Korean: 제비갈매기, 제비갈매기 (longipennis group)
Scientific: Sterna hirundo longipennis, Sterna longipennis
Lithuanian: Upinė žuvėdra (longipennis)
Dutch: Visdief (longipennis)
Norwegian: makrellterne (longipennis)
Polish: rybitwa rzeczna (longipennis)
Portuguese (Açores): Garajau-comum (longipennis)
Portuguese (Brazil): trinta-réis-boreal (longipennis)
Portuguese (Madeira): Garajau-comum (longipennis)
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinha-do-mar-comum (longipennis), Gaivina-comum (longipennis)
Russian: Речная крачка (longipennis)
Slovak: rybár sibírsky, rybár sibírsky (skup.)
Slovenian: Navadna čigra (longipennis)
Serbian: Obična čigra (longipennis)
Swedish: fisktärna (longipennis)
Thai: นกนางนวลแกลบธรรมดา (ปากดำ)
Turkish: Sumru (longipennis)
Chinese: 普通燕鸥（东北亚）, 普通燕鸥（黑嘴）
Chinese (Traditional): 燕鷗(longipennis), 燕鷗(東北亞)