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Whiskered Tern

Also known as Chlidonias hybrida, Chlidonias hybridus

species of bird

OverviewAI-generated

The Whiskered Tern (*Chlidonias hybrida*) is a species of bird within the family Laridae and order Charadriiformes. It belongs to the class Aves and phylum Chordata, with the genus *Chlidonias* serving as its parent taxon. The species was described by Pallas in 1811 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern.

This marine bird has a wingspan of 67 and a mass of 90. Its range includes China, the Nanling Mountains, South America, and Africa. The Whiskered Tern is also known by the common names Weißbart-Seeschwalbe, Fumarel cariblanco, and Белощёкая крачка.

Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, iNaturalist, IUCN Red List, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Whiskered Tern is referenced by 281 other articles, and connects out to Europe, India and Australia.

It sits within the topics Birds described in 1811, Birds of Africa and Birds of Eurasia.

Its subject is documented across 63 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Least Concern

whiskered tern

Species

PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyLaridae

Habitatmarine

Observations17,554

via IUCN

Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Chlidonias
Mass: 78
Image: Chlidonias hybrida 2 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
taxon name: Chlidonias hybrida
Commons category: Chlidonias hybrida
Commons gallery: Chlidonias hybrida
wingspan: 67
taxon common name: Sambindrano
taxon range: Africa
short name: C. hybrida

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Encyclopedic overview

The whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) 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".

Subspecies

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Whiskered Tern” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.