Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

The White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) is a 54 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

54 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

82

Recorded in South Africa, Australia, Taiwan, Netherlands, Israel, Sweden, Turkey, Kenya, China, Thailand, Russia, Poland, Mongolia, Uganda, Denmark, Greece, Sri Lanka, France, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Spain, Georgia, Malaysia, United States, Ethiopia, United Kingdom, India, Oman, Iran, Namibia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Tanzania, Indonesia, Kuwait, Hungary, Botswana, Singapore, Hong Kong, Romania, Belgium, Philippines, Egypt, Germany, Azerbaijan, Portugal, New Zealand, Norway, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe, Belarus, Estonia, Zambia, Cyprus, Italy, Austria, Czechia, Senegal, Cambodia, Canada, Serbia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Croatia, Slovakia, Gambia, Qatar, Slovenia, Iraq, Malawi, Switzerland, Lithuania, Japan, Mozambique, Puerto Rico, Sudan, Palau, Jordan, Republic of Korea, Moldova, Papua New Guinea, Finland.

Where to see it: Ugii Lake, Ugiinuur, Arkhangai, MN (Mongolia); Boon Tsagan Nuur (Mongolia); Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory); Norashen (Նորաշեն) Reserve (Armenia); Little Kizil Agach Bay (Azerbaijan).

Photo: (c) Giuliana Pirotta, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist