common tern

Japanese: common tern(英語表記)commontern
common tern

... In Japan, 18 species are distributed: White-winged Black Tern, Black-winged Tern, Black-billed Black Tern, Caspian Tern, Greater Crested Tern (broad), Large-billed Tern (illustration), Common Tern, Roseate Tern (broad), Black-naped Tern (broad), Little White Tern, Southern Crested Tern, Southern Crested Tern (broad), Black-backed Tern (broad) (illustration), Little Tern (broad), Grey Tern, Black Tern (broad), Lesser Black Tern, and White Tern. Seven of these species breed. The common tern Sterna hirundo (English name: common tern) (illustration) breeds mainly in the northern temperate zone of Eurasia and North America, and migrates to the waters of southern Africa, South Asia, Australia, and South America in winter. In Japan, they are migratory birds, with many passing through during the spring and autumn migration seasons.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "common tern" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 日本ではハジロクロハラアジサシ,クロハラアジサシ,ハシグロクロハラアジサシ,オニアジサシ,オオアジサシ(繁),ハシブトアジサシ(イラスト),アジサシ,ベニアジサシ(繁),エリグロアジサシ(繁),コシジロアジサシ,ナンヨウマミジロアジサシ,マミジロアジサシ(繁),セグロアジサシ(繁)(イラスト),コアジサシ(繁),ハイイロアジサシ,クロアジサシ(繁),ヒメクロアジサシ,シロアジサシの18種が分布し,そのうちの7種が繁殖している。 アジサシSterna hirundo(英名common tern)(イラスト)はユーラシア大陸および北アメリカの主として温帯北部以北で繁殖し,冬にはアフリカ南部,南アジア,オーストラリア,南アメリカなどの海域まで渡る。日本では旅鳥で,春秋の渡りの季節に通過していくものが多い。…

※「common tern」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  common vestry

>>:  Common teasel (English spelling)

Recommend

The Lady of Cleves - La Princesse de Clèves

A novel by French author Madame de Lafayette. Pub...

Urushi cockroach - Urushi cockroach

…The eggs hatch in about 60 days, and the larvae ...

Alimin (English spelling) Alimin Prawirodirdjo

1889‐1972 An Indonesian communist. He first studie...

Gee-Thaysen disease

…In 1888, SJ Gee of England and TEHTaysen of Engl...

Stercorarius pomarinus (English spelling) Stercorariuspomarinus

...hence the name "South Polar Skua". T...

Vespa simillima xanthoptera (English spelling) Vespa simillimaxanthoptera

…[Shiro Katsuya]. . . *Some of the terminology th...

Moisture meter

A general term for an instrument that measures the...

Hydroxysuccinic acid

...A type of hydroxy acid (oxycarboxylic acid), i...

Right of first night - Shoyaken

It refers to the right of a man other than the gr...

Minamoto no Toru - Minamoto no Toru

Year of death: August 25, 7th year of Kanpei (Sept...

Minutes - Gijiroku

Generally, it refers to a document that records th...

Oncosfera - Oncosfera

Please see the "Hexagonal Larvae" page....

Russian Formalism

A literary movement that developed from the mid-19...

Match (English spelling)

An ignition device consisting of a substance that ...

Silk tsumugi - Kenchu

A thin plain-woven fabric made from tussah silk, ...