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.

Description

Similar species

Behaviour

Diet

Calls

Reproduction

Distribution/habitat

References

^ "Chlidonias leucopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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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.

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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.

[1] "Chlidonias leucopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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