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Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764) 
AphiaID: 567480

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Sternidae (Family) > Sternula (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sternula
Synonymised
taxa
  Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764 (synonym)
Sources  additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

from synonym: 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. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian dallëndyshja e detit ballbardhë (from synonym)  [details]
Albanian dallëndyshja e vogël e detit (from synonym)  [details]
Bulgarian Белочела рибарка (from synonym)  [details]
Dutch dwergstern  [details]
English least tern (from synonym)  [details]
English little tern  [details]
French sterne naine (from synonym)  [details]
German Zwergseeschwalbe (from synonym)  [details]
Hebrew שחפית גמדית (from synonym)  [details]
Italian fraticello (from synonym)  [details]
Lithuanian mažoji žuvėdra (from synonym)  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Ευρωπαϊκό Νανογλάρονο (from synonym)  [details]
Norwegian dvergterne (from synonym)  [details]
Polish rybitwa białoczelna (from synonym)  [details]
Romanian chiră mică (from synonym)  [details]
Russian малая крачка (from synonym)  [details]
Russian Ма́лая кра́чка (from synonym)  [details]
Scottish Gaelic geabhróg bheag (from synonym)  [details]
Slovenian mala čigra (from synonym)  [details]
Spanish charrancito (from synonym)  [details]
Spanish charrancito común (from synonym)  [details]
Swedish småtärna  [details]
Turkish kucuk sumru (from synonym)  [details]
Turkish küçük sumru (from synonym)  [details]
Ukrainian Крячок малий (from synonym)  [details]
Ukrainian Малий крячок (from synonym)  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subspecies Sternula albifrons albifrons Pallas, 1764
Subspecies Sternula albifrons guineae Bannerman, 1931
Subspecies Sternula albifrons innominata Zarudny & Loudon, 1902
Subspecies Sternula albifrons placens Gould, 1871
Subspecies Sternula albifrons pusilla Temminck, 1840
Subspecies Sternula albifrons sinensis Gmelin, 1789
Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Belgian Coast (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Djibouti (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Eritrea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Indo-Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Somalia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Wimereux (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To GenBank (67 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To ITIS
Images 
Sterna albifrons
[image from synonym]
Sterna albifrons
added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-21 19:52:12

Sterna albifrons
[image from synonym]
Sterna albifrons
added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-21 19:52:19

Sterna albifrons
[image from synonym]
Sterna albifrons
added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-21 19:52:35

Sterna albifrons
[image from synonym]
Sterna albifrons
added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-21 19:52:27

Dwergstern
[image from synonym]
Dwergstern
added on 2010-10-21 - author: Decleer, Misjel
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-21 19:52:42
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567480
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2011-04-04 14:27:54Z  created  Adriaens, Peter
2011-11-23 13:20:47Z  changed  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567480 on 2013-05-22
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