Kerguelen Tern

Kerguelen Tern / Sterna virgata

Kerguelen Tern

Here the details of the Kerguelen Tern named bird below:

SCI Name:  Sterna virgata
Protonym:  Sterna virgata J.Orn. 23 p.449
Taxonomy:  Charadriiformes / Laridae /
Taxonomy Code:  kerter1
Type Locality:  Kerguelen Island.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1875
IUCN Status:  

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. SteniaTerna.
Synon. Chelido, Gygisterna, Potamochelidon, Pseudosterna, Seena, Thalassaea.

sterna
Mod. L. sterna tern.

virgata
L. virgatus  striped, streaked  < virga  streak.
● ex “Streaked Sandpiper” of Latham 1785 (Calidris).