Black-bellied Tern / Sterna acuticauda
WBN 
Black-bellied Tern
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sterna acuticauda Ill.Ind.Zool.[Hardwicke] 1 pt6 pl.70 fig.3
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Laridae / Sterna
Taxonomy Code: blbter1
Type Locality:
Author: Gray, JE
Publish Year: 1831
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
STERNA
(Laridae; Ϯ Common Tern S. hirundo) Old English names Stern, Stearn or Starn for the Black Tern (cf. Swedish Tärna; Norwegian Terne); "70. STERNA. Rostrum edentulum, subulatum, rectum, acutum apice compressiusculo. Nares lineares." (Linnaeus 1758); "Sterna Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 137. Type, by tautonymy, Sterna hirundo Linné (Sterna, prebinomial specific name in synonymy)." (Peters 1934, II, 331). Linnaeus's Sterna comprised three species (S. stolida, S. Hirundo, S. nigra).
Var. Stenia, Terna.
Synon. Chelido, Gygisterna, Potamochelidon, Pseudosterna, Seena, Thalassaea.
sterna
Mod. L. sterna tern.
acuticauda
L. acutus sharp-pointed < acuere to sharpen to a point; cauda tail.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
