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Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List
Sterna forsteri
Species recognized by wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia CA, Hone et al 2013 avian data, wikipedia SV, Belize Species List, Bermuda Species List, Canada Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Costa Rica Species List, El Salvador Species List, France Species List, Guatemala Species List, Ireland Species List, Jamaica Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Panama Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Sweden Species List, The Bahamas Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Argentina Species List, Cuba Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Irish Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, wikipedia AZ, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, EOL authors, wikipedia gl Galician, Wildfinder (WWF), Washington Bird Phenology, Sibly et al 2012, and United States Species List
Sterna forsteri
Recognized by CalPhotos, DC Birds Brief Summaries, AnAge articles, Biopix Nature Photos, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, and COSEWIC
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and Aruba Species List
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Recognized by Dc Birds maps, INBio, and OBIS environmental data records
Sterna forsteri
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, xeno canto America, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GGBN data coverage, and wikipedia BR
Sterna forsteri
Recognized by NMNH type specimens, PlanetScott, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, Flickr BHL, BHL data coverage, and Flickr Group
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, World Register of Marine Species, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834
Recognized by NMNH Collection

Common Names

English

Forster's Tern preferred
Recognized by DC Birds Brief Summaries, PlanetScott, Wikidata Common Names, and xeno canto America
Forster's tern
prefer
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web, AnAge, and World Register of Marine Species
forster’s tern
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

خرشنة فورسترية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Asturian

garrochín americanu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Forsterov susüpürəni preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Basque

Forster txenada preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Breton

Skravig-Forster preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

сребристокрила рибарка preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

xatrac de Forster preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Forsterova čigra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

rybák Forsterův preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Prærie-terne preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Prærieterne
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names (prefers this name)

Dutch; Flemish

Forsters Stern preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
forsters stern
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Forsters stern
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Esperanto

Forstera ŝterno preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

sootiir preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Faroese

Floghvít terna preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

hopeatiira preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Sterne de Forster preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
sterne de forster
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
sterne de Forster preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Galician

Carrán de Foster preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Forsters Stern preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Forsterseeschwalbe
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names (prefers this name)

Hebrew

שחפית שחורת אוזן פורסטר preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

tavi csér preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Tálþerna preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

Geabhróg Fhorstair preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Sterna di Forster preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

メリケンアジサシ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

Forstera zīriņš preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Forsterio žuvėdra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species

Navajo; Navaho

Tónteel táshchozhii binákʼee dah jíljinígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Northern Sami

Silbačearret preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Prærieterne preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
prærieterne preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species

Persian

پرستوی دریایی فورستر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

rybitwa czarnoucha preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species

Portuguese

gaivina-de-forster preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Крачка Форстера preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
крачка форстера
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Scottish Gaelic

Sternag Forster preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

rybár močiarny preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Charrán de Forster preferred
Recognized by INBio and Wikidata Common Names
Gaviotín de Forster
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
ameriška rečna čigra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species
charrán de Forster
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Swedish

kärrtärna preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species

Turkish

balıkçın preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
deniz kırlangıcı
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
sumru
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Ukrainian

крячок неоарктичний preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Крячок Форстера
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Welsh

môr-wennol Forster preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species

Arz

خرشنه فورستريه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna Linnaeus 1758
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda Gray & JE 1831
Sterna aurantia Gray & JE 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson & R 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna milneedwardsi Riabinin 1931
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna striata Gmelin & JF 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin & JF 1789

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna Linnaeus 1758
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna aurantia J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna hirundinacea R. Lesson 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa E. Hartert 1916
Sterna striata J. F. Gmelin 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata J. F. Gmelin 1789

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda Gray & JE 1831
Sterna aurantia Gray & JE 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson & R 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna milneedwardsi Riabinin 1931
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna striata Gmelin & JF 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin & JF 1789

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Archosauromorpha
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Maniraptoriformes
Maniraptora
Paraves
Aves
Ornithurae
Neornithes
Neognathae
Neoaves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna Linnaeus 1758
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda Gray & JE 1831
Sterna aurantia Gray & JE 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson & R 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna striata Gmelin & JF 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin & JF 1789

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda Gray & JE 1831
Sterna aurantia Gray & JE 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson & R 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna milneedwardsi Riabinin 1931
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna striata Gmelin & JF 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin & JF 1789

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna Linnaeus 1758
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna affinis Cretzschmar 1827
Sterna anglica Montagu 1813
Sterna aurantia J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna australis Gmelin 1789
Sterna cerulea Bennet 1840
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna fuscata Linnaeus 1766
Sterna grisea Horsfield 1821
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna macroura
Sterna maxima Boddaert 1783
Sterna media Horsfield 1821
Sterna nilotica Gmelin 1789
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna poliocerca Gould 1837
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna sanctipauli Gould 1865
Sterna seena Sykes 1832
Sterna striata Gmelin 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna tibetana Saunders 1876
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna tschegrava Lepechin 1770
Sterna velox Cretzschmar 1827
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin 1789

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna Linnaeus 1758
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834 (this page)
Sterna acuticauda J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna aurantia J. E. Gray 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna hirundinacea R. Lesson 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa E. Hartert 1916
Sterna striata J. F. Gmelin 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata J. F. Gmelin 1789

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834 (this page)
Anous albivittus (Bonaparte 1856)
Anous ceruleus (Bennett 1840)
Anous minutus Boie 1844
Anous stolidus (Linnaeus 1758)
Anous tenuirostris (Temminck 1823)
Chlidonias albostriatus (Gray 1845)
Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas 1811)
Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck 1815)
Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus 1758)
Creagrus furcatus (Néboux 1842)
Gelochelidon macrotarsa (Gould 1837)
Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin 1789)
Gygis alba (Sparrman 1786)
Gygis microrhyncha Saunders 1876
Hydrocoloeus minutus Pallas 1776
Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas 1770)
Larosterna inca (Lesson 1827)
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan 1763
Larus armenicus Buturlin 1934
Larus atlanticus Olrog 1958
Larus atricilla Linnaeus 1758
Larus audouinii Payraudeau 1826
Larus belcheri Vigors 1829
Larus brunnicephalus Jerdon 1840
Larus bulleri Hutton 1871
Larus cachinnans Pallas 1811
Larus californicus Lawrence 1854
Larus canus Linnaeus 1758
Larus cirrocephalus Vieillot 1818
Larus crassirostris Vieillot 1818
Larus delawarensis Ord 1815
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein 1823
Larus fuliginosus Gould 1841
Larus fuscus Linnaeus 1758
Larus genei Brème 1839
Larus glaucescens Naumann 1840
Larus hartlaubii Bruch 1853
Larus heermanni Cassin 1852
Larus hemprichii Bruch 1853
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus 1767
Larus ichthyaetus Pallas 1773
Larus leucophthalmus Temminck 1825
Larus livens Dwight 1919
Larus maculipennis Lichtenstein 1823
Larus marinus Linnaeus 1758
Larus melanocephalus Temminck 1820
Larus michahellis J. F. Naumann 1840
Larus modestus Tschudi 1843
Larus novaehollandiae Stephens 1826
Larus occidentalis Audubon 1839
Larus pacificus Latham 1801
Larus philadelphia (Ord 1815)
Larus pipixcan Wagler 1831
Larus relictus Lönnberg 1931
Larus ridibundus Linnaeus 1766
Larus schistisagus Stejneger 1884
Larus scoresbii (Traill 1823)
Larus serranus Tschudi 1844
Larus smithsonianus Coues 1862
Onychoprion aleuticus (Baird 1869)
Onychoprion anaethetus (Scopoli 1786)
Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus 1766)
Onychoprion lunatus (Peale 1848)
Pagophila eburnea (Phipps 1774)
Phaetusa simplex (Gmelin 1789)
Rhodostethia rosea (MacGillivray 1824)
Rissa brevirostris (Bruch 1853)
Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus 1758)
Rynchops albicollis Swainson 1838
Rynchops flavirostris Vieillot 1816
Rynchops niger Linnaeus 1758
Saundersilarus saundersi (Swinhoe 1871)
Sterna acuticauda Gray 1832
Sterna aurantia Gray 1831
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna striata Gmelin 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin 1789
Sternula albifrons (Pallas 1764)
Sternula antillarum Lesson 1847
Sternula balaenarum Strickland 1852
Sternula lorata (Philippi & Landbeck 1861)
Sternula nereis Gould 1843
Sternula saundersi (Hume 1877)
Sternula superciliaris (Vieillot 1819)
Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson 1831)
Thalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein 1823)
Thalasseus bernsteini (Schlegel 1863)
Thalasseus elegans (Gambel 1849)
Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert 1783)
Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham 1787)
Xema sabini (Sabine 1819)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Archelosauria
Archosauria
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Coelurosauria
Aves
Neognathae
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna
Sterna forsteri (this page)
Sterna albostriata
Sterna dougallii
Sterna eurygnatha
Sterna hirundinacea
Sterna hirundo
Sterna paradisaea
Sterna striata
Sterna sumatrana
Sterna trudeaui
Sterna vittata
unclassified Sterna

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Aves
Neognathae
Neoaves
Passerea
Gruae
Gruimorphae
Charadriiformes
Lari
Sternidae
Sterna
Sterna forsteri (this page)
Sterna acuflavida
Sterna acuticauda
Sterna albifrons
Sterna albostriata
Sterna aleutica
Sterna anaetherus
Sterna anaethetus
Sterna anglica
Sterna aurantia
Sterna balaenarum
Sterna bengalensis
Sterna bergii
Sterna bernsteini
Sterna camtschatica
Sterna caspia
Sterna cerulea
Sterna dougallii
Sterna elegans
Sterna eurygnatha
Sterna fluviatilis
Sterna fuscata
Sterna grisea
Sterna hirundinacea
Sterna hirundo
Sterna hybrida
Sterna javanica
Sterna leucoptera
Sterna lorata
Sterna lunata
Sterna maxima
Sterna media
Sterna milne-edwardsii
Sterna minuta
Sterna nereis
Sterna niger
Sterna nigra
Sterna nilotica
Sterna oahuensis
Sterna paradisaea
Sterna philadelphia
Sterna poliocerca
Sterna repressa
Sterna sanctipauli
Sterna sandvicensis
Sterna sandvichensis
Sterna saundersi
Sterna seena
Sterna similis
Sterna simplex
Sterna striata
Sterna sumatrana
Sterna superciliaris
Sterna tenuirostris
Sterna tibetana
Sterna trudeaui
Sterna tschegrava
Sterna virgata
Sterna vittata
Sterna zimmermanni

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Sterna
Sterna forsteri Nuttall 1834 (this page)
Sterna acuflavida acuflavida Cabot 1847
Sterna acuticauda Gray 1832
Sterna aurantia Gray 1831
Sterna bengalensis bengalensis Lesson 1831
Sterna bengalensis emigrata Neumann 1934
Sterna bengalensis Lesson 1831
Sterna bengalensis torresii (Gould 1843)
Sterna bergii bergii (Lichtenstein 1823)
Sterna bergii cristatus Stephens 1826
Sterna bergii enigmus (Clancey 1979)
Sterna bergii gwendolenae Mathews 1912
Sterna bergii Lichtenstein 1823
Sterna bergii thalassinus Stresemann 1914
Sterna bergii velox Cretzschmar 1827
Sterna bernsteini Schlegel 1863
Sterna dougallii Montagu 1813
Sterna elegans Gambel 1849
Sterna hirundinacea Lesson 1831
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus 1758
Sterna hirundo longipennis von Nordmann 1835
Sterna lunata Peale 1848
Sterna maxima albididorsalis Hartert 1921
Sterna maxima Boddaert 1783
Sterna maxima maxima Boddaert 1783
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan 1763
Sterna repressa Hartert 1916
Sterna sandvicensis Latham 1787
Sterna striata Gmelin 1789
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822
Sterna trudeaui Audubon 1838
Sterna virgata Cabanis 1875
Sterna vittata Gmelin 1789
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