common tern
A slender seabird with a forked tail. Shown in breeding plumage with a black cap and a red bill tipped black.
Sterna hirundo
All languages
- English
- common tern
- Norwegian
- makrellterne
- Japanese
- アジサシ — あじさし — ajisashi
- Korean
- 제비갈매기 — jebigalmaegi
- Spanish
- charrán común
- French
- sterne pierregarin
- German
- Flussseeschwalbe
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