Common Tern
Sterna hirundo - Sterne pierregarin
Systematics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family:
Laridés
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Genus:
Sterna
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Species:
hirundo
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 39 cm
- Wingspan: 72 à 83 cm.
- Weight: 90 à 150 g
Longevity
25 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Sterna hirundo hirundo (North America to n South America, n and w Africa, Europe to nw Siberia and w China)
- Sterna hirundo tibetana (w Himalayas to w Mongolia and Tibet)
- Sterna hirundo minussensis (c Siberia to n Mongolia)
- Sterna hirundo longipennis (ne Siberia to ne China)
Foreign names
- Sterne pierregarin,
- Charrán común,
- gaivina-comum,
- Flussseeschwalbe,
- küszvágó csér,
- Visdief,
- Sterna comune,
- fisktärna,
- Makrellterne,
- rybár riečny,
- rybák obecný,
- Fjordterne,
- kalatiira,
- Gewone Seeswael (Gewone Sterretjie),
- xatrac comú,
- Sílaþerna,
- rybitwa rzeczna,
- upes zīriņš,
- navadna čigra,
- Речная крачка,
- Dara-laut biasa,
- アジサシ,
- 普通燕鸥,
- นกนางนวลแกลบธรรมดา,
- 普通燕鷗,
Habitat
Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lake
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes