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{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | image = Sterna-caspia-010.jpg | image_caption = Breeding plumage, Canada | image2 = Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) non-breeding.jpg | image2_caption = Non-breeding plumage, [[The Gambia]] | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite journal |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |title=''Hydroprogne caspia'' |journal=[[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] |volume=2015 |page=e.T22694524A84639220 |year=2015 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015.RLTS.T22694524A84639220.en|doi-access=free }}</ref> | genus = Hydroprogne | parent_authority = [[Johann Jakob Kaup|Kaup]], 1829 | species = caspia | authority = ([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1770) | synonyms=''Sterna caspia'' <br /> ''Hydroprogne tschegrava''<br /> ''Helopus caspius'' | range_map = Hydroprogne caspia map.svg }} The '''Caspian tern''' ('''''Hydroprogne caspia''''')<ref name=bridge/> is a species of [[tern]], with a [[cosmopolitan distribution|subcosmopolitan]] but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is [[monotypic]] of its genus, and has no accepted [[subspecies]].<ref name=lynx/> The genus name is from [[Ancient Greek]] ''hudro-'', "water-", and [[Latin]] ''progne'', "[[swallow]]". The specific ''caspia'' is from Latin and, like the English name, refers to the [[Caspian Sea]].<ref name=job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/helmdictionarysc00jobl_997 | url-access= limited | publisher= Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/helmdictionarysc00jobl_997/page/n93 93], 197}}</ref>
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