Whiskered Tern

Chlidonias hybrida - Guifette moustac

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Laridés

  • Genus
    :

    Chlidonias

  • Species
    :

    hybrida

Descriptor

Pallas, 1811

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 29 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 64 à 70 cm.
  • Weight
    : 80 à 95 g
Longevity

10 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Guifette moustac
adult plum. post breeding
Guifette moustac
adult plum. breeding

Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Chlidonias hybrida hybrida (n Africa and sw Europe to c Asia, se Siberia, China and se Asia)
  • Chlidonias hybrida delalandii (s and e Africa, Madagascar)
  • Chlidonias hybrida javanicus (Australia)

Foreign names

  • Guifette moustac,
  • Fumarel cariblanco,
  • gaivina-dos-pauis,
  • Weißbart-Seeschwalbe,
  • fattyúszerkő,
  • Witwangstern,
  • Mignattino piombato,
  • skäggtärna,
  • Hvitkinnsvartterne,
  • čorík bahenný,
  • rybák bahenní,
  • Hvidskægget Terne,
  • valkoposkitiira,
  • Witbaardmeerswael (Witbaardsterretjie),
  • fumarell carablanc,
  • Skeggþerna,
  • rybitwa białowąsa,
  • baltvaigu zīriņš,
  • belolična čigra,
  • Белощёкая крачка,
  • Dara-laut kumis,
  • クロハラアジサシ,
  • 须浮鸥,
  • นกนางนวลแกลบเคราขาว,
  • 黑腹燕鷗〔鬚浮鷗〕,

Voice song and cries

Guifette moustac
First year

Habitat

Guifette moustac
adult plum. breeding

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Marshes/Pools, Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Marshes/Pools ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 21-01-2009
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