Forster's Tern / Sterna forsteri LC
Forster's Ternbird sounds *
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Where to see Forster's Tern
- Breeding region Middle America, North America
- Breeding subregion inland c Alberta to c Manitoba (sc Canada) patchily to California and n Baja California (nw Mexico), Colorado, and the Great Lakes; coastal w North Atlantic from New Jersey to North Carolina; Gulf of Mexico coast from Alabama to n Tamaulipas (ne Mexico)
- Non breeding region to Gulf of Mexico coast, Bahamas, Cuba and southern Mexico
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- France
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Montserrat
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Spain
- Sweden
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Forstersterretjie |
| Azerbaijani | Forsterov susüpürəni |
| Basque | Foster txenada, Xatrac de Forster, Forster txenada |
| Bengali | পযটামযয ানচচর |
| Breton | Skravig-Forster |
| Bulgarian | Сребристокрила рибарка |
| Catalan | Xatrac de Foster, xatrac de Forster |
| Chinese | 弗氏燕鸥 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 加拿大燕鷗 |
| Croatian | Forsterova čigra |
| Czech | rybák severoamerický, Rybák Forsteruv, rybák Forsterův |
| Danish | Prærie-terne, Prærieterne |
| Dutch | Forsterstern, Forsters Stern, Forster-stern |
| Esperanto | Marĉa ŝterno, Forstera ŝterno |
| Estonian | sootiir |
| Faroese | Floghvít terna |
| Finnish | hopeatiira |
| French | Sterne de Forster |
| Frisian | Amerikaanske wytstirns |
| Galician | Xatrac de Forster, Carrán de Forster |
| German | Forster-Seeschwalbe, Sumpfseeschwalbe, Sumpf-Seeschwalbe, Forsterseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Αμερικανικό Ποταμογλάρονο, Γλαρόvι τoυ Forster |
| Hebrew | שחפית פורסטר, שחפית שחורת-אוזן |
| Hungarian | tavi csér |
| Icelandic | Tálþerna |
| Irish | Geabhróg Fhorstair, Geabhróg Forster |
| Italian | Sterna di Forster |
| Japanese | メリケンアジサシ |
| Kazakh | Форстер қарқылдағы |
| Latvian | Forstera zīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Forsterio žuvėdra |
| Macedonian | Форстерова чигра |
| Manx | Sternag Forster |
| Northern Sami | Silbačearret |
| Norwegian | prærieterne |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Prærieterne |
| Polish | rybitwa czarnoucha |
| Portuguese | gaivina-de-forster, Trinta-réia-de-forster, Garajau de Forster, andorinha-do-mar-de-forster, Trinta-réis-de-foster, Gaivina de Forster, Trinta-réis-de-forster |
| Romanian | Chira lui Forster |
| Russian | Крачка Форстера, Черноухая крачка |
| Serbian | Forsterova čigra |
| Slovak | rybár močiarny, Rybár močiarný |
| Slovenian | ameriška rečna čigra |
| Spanish | Golondrina del Mar, Gaviota de Forster, Charrán de Forster, Golondrina-marina de Forster, Charrán Cejinegro, Carrán de Forster, Gaviotín de Alas Blancas, Gaviota golondrina de Forster |
| Swedish | kärrtärna |
| Turkish | Maskeli Sumru |
| Ukrainian | крячок неоарктичний |
| Welsh | Môr-wennol Forster, Morwennol Forster |



























