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title: "Zwartnekstern"
description: "Sterna sumatrana — Vogels. The black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana) is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-naped-tern
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zwartnekstern

> Sterna sumatrana — Vogels. The black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana) is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Sterna sumatrana*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2341
- Wikidata: [Q28505](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28505)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4453](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4453)

## Names

- en: Black-naped Tern
- de: Schwarznackenseeschwalbe
- es: Charrán de Sumatra
- fr: Sterne diamant
- nl: Zwartnekstern
- pt: Gaivina-de-nuca-preta
- pl: Rybitwa równikowa

## Countries with the most observations

HK (435), TW (188), AU (182), ID (181), MV (154), TH (135), NC (95), CN (90), JP (63), SG (63), FJ (59), MY (58)

## Summary

The black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana) is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. They are rarely found inland. It was described from the islands around Sumatra. It is most closely related to roseate tern S. dougallii and white-fronted tern S. striata.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-naped_tern

## Photo

![Zwartnekstern](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-naped-tern/medium.jpg)

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99346492

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-naped-tern?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).