White-winged Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus - Guifette leucoptère

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Laridés
Genus
:
Chlidonias
Species
:
leucopterus

Descriptor

Temminck, 1815

Biometrics

Size
: 27 cm
Wingspan
: 58 à 67 cm.
Weight
: 40 à 80 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Guifette leucoptère,
Fumarel aliblanco,
gaivina-de-asa-branca,
Weißflügel-Seeschwalbe,
fehérszárnyú szerkő,
Witvleugelstern,
Mignattino alibianche,
vitvingad tärna,
Hvitvingesvartterne,
čorík bielokrídly,
rybák bělokřídlý,
Hvidvinget Terne,
valkosiipitiira,
Witvlerkmeerswael (Witvlerksterretjie),
fumarell alablanc,
Tígulþerna,
rybitwa białoskrzydła,
baltspārnu zīriņš,
beloperuta čigra,
Белокрылая крачка,
Dara-laut sayap-putih,
ハジロクロハラアジサシ,
白翅浮鸥,
นกนางนวลแกลบดำปีกขาว,
白翅黑燕鷗〔白翅浮鷗〕,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Strea

ms/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Tidepools ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land