Sterna hirundo [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis] (Common Tern [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis])

Common Tern [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis]

Sterna hirundo [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis] (= Sterna hirundo hirundo) Linnaeus, C 1758

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Classification

Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Laridae
Genus:
   Sterna
Scientific:
  Sterna hirundo hirundo

Original description

Citation:
Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.137

Protonym:
Sterna Hirundo

Type locality:
Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/155/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
F0DF132B1BC2287A

Avibase ID:
avibase-F0DF132B

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F0DF132B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176888

Geographic range:

Sterna hirundo hirundo: Azores, Madeira and Canary islands; Tunisia, Mauritania and Senegal; inland Europe (except Arctic) to northwestern Siberia and western China; inland Northwest Territories to Montana, James Bay and southeastern Canada and New England, coastal western North Atlantic to South Carolina; Bahamas (erratic), and islands north of Venezuela; migrates to southern oceans
Sterna hirundo [tibetana or minussensis]: breeds from central Asia to northern Mongolia and Kashmir to Tibet; winters in the Indian Ocean

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Common Tern [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis]
French:
Sterne pierregarin [hirundo, tibetana ou minussensis]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common Tern [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis] ( Sterna hirundo [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common Tern [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis] ( Sterna hirundo [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common Tern [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis] ( Sterna hirundo [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common Tern [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis] ( Sterna hirundo [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common Tern [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis] ( Sterna hirundo [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis])
eBird version 2018: Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana) ( Sterna hirundo hirundo/tibetana) [version 2]
eBird version 2019: Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana) ( Sterna hirundo hirundo/tibetana) [version 2]
eBird version 2021: Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana) ( Sterna hirundo hirundo/tibetana) [version 2]
eBird version 2022: Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana) ( Sterna hirundo hirundo/tibetana) [version 2]
eBird version 2023: Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana) ( Sterna hirundo hirundo/tibetana) [version 2]
eBird version 2024: Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana) ( Sterna hirundo hirundo/tibetana) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Sterna hirundo

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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 (hirundo/tibetana)
Arabic: خرشنة شائعة (hirundo/tibetana)
Asturian: Garrochín común (hirundo/tibetana)
Azerbaijani: Çay susüpürəni (hirundo/tibetana yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Речна рибарка (ssp. Hirundo/tibetana)
Catalan: Xatrac comú (hirundo/tibetana)
Czech: rybák obecný (ssp. hirundo/tibetana), rybák obecný holarktický
Danish: Fjordterne, Almindelig (ssp. hirundo/tibetana)
German: Flußseeschwalbe (hirundo/tibetana)
Greek: Ποταμογλάρονο (hirundo/tibetana)
English: Common Tern (hirundo), Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana), Common Tern [hirundo or tibetana], Common Tern [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis]
English, HBW: Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana)
English (IOC): Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana)
English (United States): Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana)
Spanish: Charrán Común (hirundo), Charrán Común (hirundo/tibetana)
Spanish (Argentine): Gaviotín Golondrina (hirundo/tibetana)
Spanish (Chile): Gaviotín boreal (hirundo/tibetana)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Charrán Común (hirundo/tibetana)
Spanish (Cuba): Gaviota común (hirundo/tibetana)
Spanish (Ecuador): Gaviotín Común (hirundo/tibetana)
Spanish (Spain): Charrán común (hirundo/tibetana)
Spanish (HBW): Common Tern (hirundo)
Spanish (Mexico): Charrán Común (hirundo/tibetana)
Spanish (Panama): Gaviotín Común (hirundo/tibetana)
Spanish (Peru): Gaviotín Común (hirundo/tibetana)
Spanish (Paraguay): Gaviotín golondrina (hirundo/tibetana)
Spanish (Uruguay): Gaviotín Golondrina (Subesp. hirundo/tibetana)
Basque: Txenada arrunta (hirundo/tibetana)
Persian: پرستو دریایی معمولی (hirundo/tibetana)
Finnish: kalatiira (hirundo/islandica)
Faroese: Kriterna (hirundo/tibetana)
French: Sterne pierregarin [hirundo ou tibetana], Sterne pierregarin [hirundo, tibetana ou minussensis]
Galician: Carrán común (hirundo/tibetana)
Hebrew: שחפית ים (מערבית/מרכז אסייתית)
Croatian: Crvenokljuna čigra (hirundo/tibetana)
Hungarian: Küszvágó csér (hirundo/tibetana)
Armenian: Գետային ջրածիծառ (Սովորական/Տիբեթյան)
Icelandic: Sílaþerna [hirundo/tibetana]
Italian: Sterna comune (hirundo/tibetana)
Japanese: アジサシ (hirundo/tibetana), アジサシ（hirundo/tibetana）
Scientific: Sterna Hirundo, Sterna hirundo [hirundo or tibetana], Sterna hirundo [hirundo, tibetana or minussensis], Sterna hirundo hirundo, Sterna hirundo hirundo/tibetana
Lithuanian: Upinė žuvėdra (hirundo/tibetana)
Latvian: Upes zīriņš (hirundo/tibetana)
Dutch: Visdief (hirundo/tibetana)
Norwegian: makrellterne (hirundo/tibetana)
Polish: rybitwa rzeczna (hirundo/tibetana), rybitwa rzeczna (ssp. hirundo/tibetana)
Portuguese (Açores): Garajau-comum (hirundo/tibetana)
Portuguese (Brazil): trinta-réis-boreal (hirundo/tibetana)
Portuguese (Madeira): Garajau-comum (hirundo/tibetana)
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinha-do-mar-comum (hirundo/tibetana), Gaivina-comum (hirundo/tibetana)
Russian: Речная крачка (hirundo/tibetana)
Slovak: rybár riečny (skup.)
Slovenian: Navadna čigra (hirundo/tibetana)
Serbian: Obična čigra (hirundo/tibetana)
Swedish: fisktärna (hirundo/tibetana)
Thai: นกนางนวลแกลบธรรมดา (ปากแดง)
Turkish: Sumru (hirundo/tibetana)
Ukrainian: Крячок річковий (hirundo/tibetana)
Chinese: 普通燕鸥（红嘴）, 燕鷗(hirundo/tibetana)
Chinese (Traditional): 普通燕鸥（广布）, 燕鷗(hirundo/tibetana)