Thalasseus maximus: taxon details and analytics

Thalasseus maximus in languages:

Arabic

خرشنة ملكية

Bokmål

Kongeterne

Chinese

皇家鳳頭燕鷗

Czech

rybák královský

Danish

Kongeterne

Dutch

Koningsstern

English

Royal Tern

English

American Royal Tern

Finnish

kuningastiira

French

Sterne royale

German

Königsseeschwalbe

Hungarian

királycsér

Italian

sterna reale

Japanese

アメリカオオアジサシ

Portuguese

Garajau-real

Portuguese

Trinta-Réis-Real

Russian

Королевская крачка

Swedish

kungstärna

Turkish

kral sumru

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Parent Taxon

• Thalasseus

Sibling Taxa

• Thalasseus albididorsalis
• Thalasseus bengalensis
• Thalasseus bergii
• Thalasseus bernsteini
• Thalasseus elegans
• Thalasseus maximus
• Thalasseus sandvicensis
• Thalasseus sandvicensis × elegans

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