• Synonyms Grey-backed Tern, Grey-bodied Tern, Gray-backed Tern, Gray-bodied Tern
  • Old latin name for bird Sterna lunata, Sterna lunatus

Spectacled Ternbird sounds *

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    Call, © Saxony Charlot
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* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Spectacled Tern

  • Breeding region Pacific ocean
  • Breeding subregion sw to c tropical Pacific Ocean: n Mariana, Phoenix, Line, Tuamotu, Marquesas, American Samoa, Northwestern Hawaiian Is., islets off Kauai and Oahu (main Hawaiian Is.) and Johnston Atoll (s of Hawaii)
  • Non breeding region to ne Melanesia in sw, and far e Polynesia in e

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Azerbaijanigözlüklü susüpürən
Bengaliহভমটচ঩ঠ ঩ানচচর
BulgarianСивогърба рибарка
Catalanxatrac de Peale
Chinese灰背燕鸥
Chinese (Traditional)灰背燕鷗
Chuvashкуçлăхлă шывчĕкеç
Croatianpacifička čigra
CzechRybák tichomorský, rybák tichomořký, rybák tichomořský
DanishPolynesisk Terne
DutchFiji-stern, Fijistern
EsperantoGrizdorsa ŝterno
Estonianvaljastiir
Finnishoseaniantiira
FrenchSterne à dos gris
GermanBrillenseeschwalbe, Brillen-Seeschwalbe
Hungarianszürkehátú csér
IcelandicMánaþerna
IndonesianDaralaut Fiji, Dara-laut fiji
ItalianSterna dagli occhiali, Sterna dorsogrigio
Japaneseナンヨウマミジロアジサシ
LatvianPolinēzijas zīriņš
Lithuanianpilkanugarė žuvėdra
Norwegianpolynesiaterne
Norwegian NynorskPolynesiaterne
Polishrybitwa pacyficzna
PortugueseTrinta-réis-de-dorso-cinzento, gaivina-de-dorso-cinzento
RussianОчковая крачка
Samoangogosina
SerbianSivoleđa čigra, Čigra sivih leđa
Slovakrybár sivochrbtý
SpanishGolondrina-marina Dorsogris, Gaviotín Espectacular, Gaviotín pascuence, Gaviotín pascuense, Charrán lunado
Swedishsöderhavstärna
Tahitianoreore
TurkishGözlüklü Sumru
Ukrainianкрячок полінезійський