Birds Living

Whiskered Tern

Chlidonias hybrida

The whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khelidonios, "swallow-like", from khelidon, "swallow".

Photo: Marek Szczepanek · CC BY-SA 3.0

Overview

The whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khelidonios, "swallow-like", from khelidon, "swallow". The specific hybridus is Latin for hybrid; Peter Simon Pallas thought it might be a hybrid of white-winged black tern and common tern, writing "Sterna fissipes [Chlidonias leucopterus] et Hirundine [Sterna hirundo] natam".

Habitat & distribution

Habitats

TerrestrialMarine

Video

Whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybridus) in colony with young.Credit: Marc Plomp · CC BY-SA 3.0 nlSource ↗

Sounds

Whiskered tern flight call recorded in March 2017 at Bhigwan, PuneSharadapte · CC BY-SA 4.0

References

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WoRMS / Aphia World Register of Marine Species
Wikipedia — Whiskered tern Wikipedia

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