Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

Hav- split og dvaergterne / landsvalen

English translation:

Arctic Tern, Sandwich Tern, Little Tern, Swallow

Added to glossary by smarinella
Feb 27, 2005 08:55
19 yrs ago
Danish term

Hav- split og dvaergterne / landsvalen

Danish to English Other Zoology
who can help us with these birds? We need the English, but also the Italian and French form, unfotunately!

In German it should be: Küsten-, Brands- und Zwergschwalben / Landschwalben

It's a website about a Danish island - weare translating it from German into EN,IT and FR

thanks a lot in advance
Proposed translations (English)
5 +3 Arctic Tern, Sandwich Tern, Little Tern, Swallow

Proposed translations

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Arctic Tern, Sandwich Tern, Little Tern, Swallow

French for havterne: Sterne arctique

German for splitterne: Brandseeschwalbe, French: Sterne caugek

German for dværgterne: Zwergseeschwalbe, French: Sterne naine

German for landsvale: Rauchswalbe
French: Hirondelle de cheminée/hirondelle rustique

Source: Ingvald Lieberkind, Dyrenes Verden II and III
Peer comment(s):

agree Christine Andersen : I check with Latin names on principle fo rplants and birds etc.: Sterna parasiaea = havterne, Sterna sandvicensis; Sterna albifrons = dværgterne; Hirundo rustica = landsvalen. (Lademanns naturfører: Fugleatlas or lots of other sources)
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agree lone (X)
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agree Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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