common tern

English

common tern

Noun

common tern (plural common terns)

1. A small, gull-like shore bird of the species Sterna hirundo, of wide geographic distribution.

Translations

common tern geographic distribution

Sterna hirundo

• Asturian: garrochín andarón (ast), garrochín (ast), chirri (ast)
• Azerbaijani: adi susüpürən
• Basque: txenada arrunt
• Catalan: xatrac comú, xatrac d'albufera, llambritja, gavina d'albufera
• Danish: fjordterne (da) c
• Dhivehi: ވައްލަ (valla)
• Dutch: visdief (nl)
• Faroese: kriterna f
• Finnish: kalatiira (fi)
• French: sterne pierregarin (fr) f
• German: Fluss-Seeschwalbe f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: κήξ f (kḗx)

• Japanese: 鰺刺 (ja) (ajisashi)
• Korean: 제비갈매기 (jebigalmaegi)
• Navajo: tónteel táshchozhii bitʼaʼ kʼíjíjinígíí
• Russian: речна́я кра́чка f (rečnája kráčka), обыкнове́нная кра́чка f (obyknovénnaja kráčka)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: ryborak m

• Spanish: charrán común m
• Swedish: fisktärna (sv) c
• Ukrainian: крячо́к річкови́й m (krjačók ričkovýj)

Further reading

• common tern on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sterna hirundo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sterna hirundo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons