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Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Charadriiformes
family
Laridae
genus
Sterna
species
Sterna forsteri

Name

Homonyms
Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834
Common names
Charrán de Forster in Spanish
Charrán de Forster in Spanish
Charrán de Forster in Spanish
Charrán de Forster in Spanish
Forster'S Tern in English
Forster'S Tern in English
Forster's Tern in English
Forster's Tern in English
Forster's Tern in English
Forster's Tern in English
Forster's Tern in English
Forster's Tern in English
Forster's Tern in English
Forster's tern in language.
Forster's tern in English
Forster-Seeschwalbe in German
Forstera zīriņš in Latvian
Forsterio žuvėdra in Lithuanian
Forsters Stern in German
Forsters Stern in Dutch
Forsterseeschwalbe in German
Forster’S Tern in English
Forster’S Tern in English
Foster'S Tern in English
Foster'S Tern in English
Foster's tern in English
Prærieterne in Danish
Prærieterne in Norwegian
Sterna di Forster in Italian
Sterne de Forster in French
Sterne de Forster in French
Sterne de Forster in French
Sterne de forster in French
ameriška rečna čigra in Slovenian
forsters stern in Dutch
forster’s tern in English
gaivina-de-forster in Portuguese
gaivina-de-forster in Portuguese
gaivina-de-forster in Portuguese
hopeatiira in Finnish
kärrtärna in Swedish
rybitwa czarnoucha in Polish
rybák Forsterův in Czech
rybár močiarny in Slovak
sootiir in Estonian
sterne de forster in French
tavi csér in Hungarian
xatrac de Forster in Catalan–Valencian
Крачка Форстера in Russian
メリケンアジサシ in Japanese

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. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  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. Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342.
  5. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  6. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  7. Peters, James Lee, 1934: null. Check-List of Birds of the World, vol. 2. xvii + 401.
  8. Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
  9. SOF (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
  10. Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383.
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