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==Etymology== The genus name ''Sterna'' is derived from [[Old English]] "stearn", "tern".<ref name=OED>{{OED|Sterna}}</ref> The specific ''paradisaea'' is from [[Late Latin]] ''paradisus'', "paradise".<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/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher= Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | page = [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n291 291]}}</ref> The [[Scots language|Scots]] names ''pictarnie'',<ref>[http://www.dsl.ac.uk/getent4.php?query=pictarnie&sset=1&fset=20&printset=20&searchtype=full&dregion=form&dtext=all SND: Pictarnie] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530115330/http://www.dsl.ac.uk/getent4.php?query=pictarnie&sset=1&fset=20&printset=20&searchtype=full&dregion=form&dtext=all |date=30 May 2013 }}</ref> ''tarrock''<ref>[http://www.dsl.ac.uk/getent4.php?query=tarrock&sset=1&fset=20&printset=20&searchtype=full&dregion=form&dtext=all SND: tarrock] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530115326/http://www.dsl.ac.uk/getent4.php?query=tarrock&sset=1&fset=20&printset=20&searchtype=full&dregion=form&dtext=all |date=30 May 2013 }}</ref> and their many variants are also believed to be [[Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeic]], derived from the distinctive call.<ref name = hume12>Hume (1993) pp. 12β13.</ref> Due to the difficulty in distinguishing the two species, all the informal common names are shared with the [[common tern]].<ref name=cocker>{{cite book | last1 = Cocker | first1 = Mark | last2= Mabey |first2 = Richard |title = Birds Britannica | year = 2005 | location = London | publisher = Chatto & Windus | isbn = 0-7011-6907-9|pages =246β247 }}</ref>
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