Sterna hirundo

Translingual

Sterna hirundo

Proper noun

Sterna hirundo f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Sternidae – common tern, that breeds in cool-temperate areas of eastern North America and most of Eurasia, but can be found worldwide on seacoasts.

Hypernyms

• (species): Charadriiformes - order; Lari - suborder; Laridae - family; Sterninae - subfamily; Sterna - genus

References

• Sterna hirundo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sterna hirundo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sterna hirundo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN