Caspian Tern

Here the details of the Caspian Tern named bird below:

SCI Name:  Hydroprogne caspia
Protonym:  Sterna caspia NoviCommen.Acad.Sci.Imp.Petrop. 14 p.582 pl.22 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Charadriiformes / Laridae / Hydroprogne
Taxonomy Code:  caster1
Type Locality:  
Author:  Pallas
Publish Year:  1770
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HYDROPROGNE
(Laridae; Ϯ Caspian Tern H. caspia) Gr. ὑδρο- hudro-  water-  < ὑδωρ hudōr, ὑδατος hudatos  water; L. progne or procne  swallow  < Gr. myth. Progne, who was metamorphosed into a swallow (see Progne); the terns were formerly known as “sea swallows” because of their forked tails and graceful flight; "2. Sterna caspia, aranea.   ...   2. Heherschwalbe. Hydroprogne.   E[ntwickelung]. Wie bei den Seeschwalben.   Ch[arakter]. Seeschwalben mit blaugrauem Gefieder, starkem und langen rothem Schnabel, Flügeln, welche mit dem wenig gegabelten Schwanz von gleicher Länge sind, und schwarzen Füßen.   L[ebensart]. Sie gleichen den Uebrigen und nähren sich von Fischen." (Kaup 1829); "Hydroprogne Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, p. 91. Type, by subsequent designation, Sterna caspia Pallas = Sterna tschegrava Lepechin. (G. R. Gray, Gen. Bds., 3, 1846, p.[658].)" (Peters, 1934, II, p. 330). In Kaup's list this entry was followed by that of "Heher. Garrulus."
Synon. Helopus, Heroprogne, Pontochelidon, Sylochelidon, Thalasseus.

caspia / caspica / caspicus
L. Caspius Caspian, of the Caspian Sea.