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Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

About Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Shorebirds and Allies
  • Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

The whiskered tern 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".

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2006-01-09

    Kheoladeo National Park, India
  • 2013-01-30

    Phnom Penh, Cambodia
    Image from 2013-01-30
  • 2013-02-02

    Pak Thale, Thailand
    Image from 2013-02-02
  • 2013-02-04

    Hua Hin, Thailand
  • 2013-02-23

    Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, India
  • 2013-11-01

    Kalokol, Kenya
    Image from 2013-11-01
  • 2013-11-02

    Central Island National Park, Kenya
  • 2013-11-03

    Sibiloi National Park, Kenya
  • 2023-03-16

    Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 2023-03-17

    Tempasuk Plain, Malaysia
  • 2023-03-18

    Tempasuk Plain, Malaysia
  • 2024-08-06

    Mansfield Islands, Indonesia
  • 2025-01-30

    Maasai Steppe, Tanzania