fairy tern

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• Fairy Tern — Taxobox name = Fairy Tern status = VU status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Sternidae genus = Sterna species = S. nereis binomial = Sterna nereis binomial authority = (Gould,… …   Wikipedia

• fairy tern — žuvėdra fėja statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Sterna nereis angl. fairy tern vok. Australseeschwalbe, f rus. австралийская крачка, f; прекрасная крачка, f pranc. sterne néréis, f ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrosios… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

• fairy tern — /ˈfɛəri tɜn / (say fairree tern) noun a tern, Sterna nereis, white with pale grey back, wings and tail, a black crown, a white forehead, and orange bill and legs, found on the west and south coasts of Australia, and in New Zealand and New… …  

• fairy tern — noun : any of various small terns: a. : either of two pure white terns constituting a genus (Gygis) and living in tropical seas b. : a small white black capped tern (Sterna nereis) of the Australian region …   Useful english dictionary

• New Zealand Fairy Tern — Conservation status Nationally Critical (NZ TCS) Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Tern — Taxobox name = Terns image width = 250px image caption =Greater Crested Tern regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes subordo = Lari familia = Sternidae familia authority = Bonaparte, 1838 subdivision ranks =… …   Wikipedia

• tern —   Noio, eki eki (Hawaiian); kenola, tenora.     Noddy tern, noio kōhā.     Gray backed tern (bridled, spectacled, or gray wide awake tern), pākalakala, kala.     Sooty tern, ewa ewa.     Sea tern, hoi a (Ni ihau).     White or fairy tern, manu o… …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• Fairy (disambiguation) — The word fairy (faery, faerie, Faërie) may mean:*Fairy, a spirit or supernatural being in late Medieval folklore and romance. Also known as elves with wings . **more generally, such beings in the folklore of various cultures, see list of beings… …   Wikipedia

• tern — I. /tɜn / (say tern) noun any bird of the subfamily Sterninae, family Laridae, comprising numerous aquatic species which are allied to the gulls but usually with a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long and deeply forked tail, and a… …  

• Tern — (t[ e]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[ae]rne; akin to Sw. t[ a]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fairy — Fair y, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. [1913 Webster] 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. Dryden. [1913 Webster] {Fairy bird} (Zo[ o]l.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna minuta}); called also {sea swallow}, and {hooded tern}. {Fairy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English