LOCAL NAMES

• ගලුතුඩු සයුරුලිහිණියා,
• কালোঠোঁট পানচিল,
• Sterne hansel,
• ધોળી વાબગલી,
• പാത്തക്കൊക്കൻ ആള,
• कुरव चोचीचा सुरय,
• हिवाळी सुरय,
• गंगाचीलठुँडे फ्यालफ्याले
• Afrikaans Oostelike Sterretjie
• Albanian Dallëndyshe deti këmbëzezë
• Arabic خرشنة نيلية
• Armenian Որորակտուց ջրածիծառ
• Asturian Garrochín picucurtiu
• Azerbaijani Qağayıburun susüpürən
• Basque Txenada mokobeltza
• Bulgarian Дебелоклюна рибарка
• Catalan Curroc comú
• Chinese 鷗嘴燕鷗
• Chinese (SIM) 鸥嘴噪鸥
• Croatian debelokljuna čigra
• Czech rybák černozobý
• Danish Sandterne
• Dutch Lachstern
• English Gull-billed Tern
• English (United States) Gull-billed Tern
• Finnish hietatiira
• French Sterne hansel
• French (French Guiana) Sterne hansel
• Galician Carrán de bico curto
• German Lachseeschwalbe
• Greek Γελογλάρονο
• Haitian Creole (Haiti) Fou bèk nwa
• Hebrew שחפית עבת-מקור
• Hungarian Kacagócsér
• Icelandic Sandþerna
• Indonesian Dara-laut tiram
• Italian Sterna zampenere
• Japanese ハシブトアジサシ
• Korean 큰부리제비갈매기
• Lithuanian Kirasnapė žuvėdra
• Malayalam പാത്തക്കൊക്കൻ ആള
• Marathi कुरव चोचीचा सुरय
• Mongolian Бахим хараалай
• Norwegian sandterne
• Persian پرستو دریایی نوک‌ کاکایی
• Polish rybitwa krótkodzioba
• Portuguese (Angola) Gaivina-de-bico-preto
• Portuguese (Brazil) trinta-réis-de-bico-preto
• Portuguese (Portugal) Tagaz
• Romanian Pescăriță râzătoare
• Russian Чайконосая крачка
• Serbian Debelokljuna čigra
• Slovak rybárka krátkozobá
• Slovenian Črnonoga čigra
• Spanish Pagaza Piconegra
• Spanish (Argentina) Gaviotín Pico Grueso
• Spanish (Chile) Gaviotín de pico negro
• Spanish (Costa Rica) Charrán Piquinegro
• Spanish (Cuba) Gaviotica de pico corto
• Spanish (Dominican Republic) Charrán Piquigrueso
• Spanish (Ecuador) Gaviotín Piquigrueso
• Spanish (Honduras) Gaviotín Pico Grueso
• Spanish (Mexico) Charrán Pico Grueso
• Spanish (Panama) Gaviotín Piquigrueso
• Spanish (Paraguay) Gaviotín pico grueso
• Spanish (Peru) Gaviotín de Pico Negro
• Spanish (Puerto Rico) Charrán Piquicorto
• Spanish (Spain) Pagaza piconegra
• Spanish (Uruguay) Gaviotín Pico Grueso
• Spanish (Venezuela) Gaviota Pico Gordo
• Swedish sandtärna
• Thai นกนางนวลแกลบปากหนา
• Turkish Gülen Sumru
• Ukrainian Крячок чорнодзьобий

DESCRIPTION

The gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica), formerly Sterna nilotica, is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek gelao, “to laugh”, and khelidon, “swallow”. The specific niloticus is from Latin and means of the Nile. The Australian gull-billed tern was previously considered a subspecies.