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Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Charadriiformes
family
Laridae
genus
Gelochelidon
species
Gelochelidon nilotica

Name

Synonyms
Sterna anglica Montagu, 1813
Sterna nilotica Gmelin, 1789
Homonyms
Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin, 1789)
Common names
Charrán pico grueso in Spanish
Charrán pico grueso in Spanish
Gaivina-de-bico preto in Portuguese
Gaivina-de-bico-preto in Portuguese
Gull-Billed Tern in English
Gull-Billed Tern (Gull-Billed) in English
Gull-billed Tern in English
Gull-billed Tern in English
Gull-billed Tern in English
Gull-billed Tern in English
Gull-billed Tern in English
Gull-billed Tern in English
Gull-billed Tern in English
Gull-billed Tern (Gull-billed) in English
Hietatiira in Finnish
Kacagócsér in Hungarian
Laachséischmuewel in Luxembourgish
Lachseeschwalbe in German
Lachseeschwalbe in German
Lachseeschwalbe in German
Lachstern in Dutch
Lachstern in Dutch
Oostelike Seeswael (Oostelike Sterretjie) in Afrikaans
Pagaza Piconegra in Spanish
Pagaza piconegra in Spanish
Pagaza piconegra in Spanish
Pagaza piconegra in Spanish
Rondine di mare zampenere in Italian
Rybitwa krótkodzioba in Polish
Sandterne in Danish
Sandterne in Norwegian
Sandterne in Danish
Sandterne in Danish
Sandtärna in Swedish
Sterna zampenere in Italian
Sterna zampenere in Italian
Sterne hansel in French
Sterne hansel in French
Sterne hansel in French
Sterne hansel in French
curroc in Catalan–Valencian
gull-billed tern in English
gull-billed tern in English
gull-billed tern in English
gull-billed tern in language.
hietatiira in Finnish
kacagócsér in Hungarian
kirasnapė žuvėdra in Lithuanian
kāpu zīriņš in Latvian
lachstern in Dutch

Bibliographic References

  1. American Ornithologists' Union, 2006: Forty-seventh supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk, vol. 123, no. 3. 926-936.
  2. Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
  3. Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen Jr., eds., 2013: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 Non-passerines. l + 461.
  4. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  5. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  6. Luck et al. 2012; Newbold et al 2012; Belmaker & Jetz 2013
  7. SOF (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
  8. Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
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