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

Guifette leucoptère
adult plum. post breeding
Guifette leucoptère
adult plum. breeding

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

Guifette leucoptère
adult plum. post breeding

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

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

QRcode Guifette leucoptère
published: - Updated: 21-01-2009
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