Birds of the World

    CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)  
Genus: Chlidonias (4 species)


Black-fronted Tern
Black-fronted Tern (Chlidonias albostriatus) Endangered
Range: AU: rivers of e South I. (New Zealand)
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand  
 
Photograph by Andrej Chudy     Copyright and usage info


Whiskered Tern
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida delalandii)
Range: AF, PAL, OR, AU: widespread inland s, c Eurasia, e, s Africa, and Australia
Marievale Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa  
   
Photograph by Derek Keats     Copyright and usage info


White-winged Tern
White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
Range: PAL: inland sc, e Europe and Iraq to se Russia, ne China and nc Siberia
Turkey  
   
Photograph by koray kutlutürk   © All Rights Reserved.


Black Tern
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger niger)
Range: NA, PAL: inland temperate Canada, USA and Europe to c Asia
Slovakia  
   
Photograph by Andrej Chudy     Copyright and usage info



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