White-winged Tern

White-winged Tern
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Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Aequorlitornithes
Order:	Charadriiformes
Suborder:	Lari
Family:	Laridae
Subfamily:	Sterninae
Genus:	Chlidonias
Species:	C. leucopterus
Binomial name
Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)

White-winged Tern or White-winged Black Tern (an older name for this species), Chlidonias leucopterus is a species of tern closely related to the Black Tern, possibly hybridising with it.

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Projects
This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Charadriiformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each charadriiform, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Laridae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each gull, tern and skimmer, including made-up species.