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Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)

137136  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137136)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Length: 20-23 cm. Plumage: back and wings grey with some mottling on wings; tail white; forecrown white, hindcrown speckled...  
Description Length: 20-23 cm. Plumage: back and wings grey with some mottling on wings; tail white; forecrown white, hindcrown speckled with black with a large black patch behind eye and small black patch in from of eye; below including underwing and sides of neck white; in breeding dress back, head and underparts, including underwing coverts, black; flight feathers pale grey, forewing white, rump, tail and undertail coverts white. Immature similar to adult but brown replaces black and some feathers edged buff. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill black (non-breeding) or dark red (breeding); feet and legs orange-red (breeding), dark red to black (non-breeding). Habitat: estuaries and inland water bodies. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]

Distribution Old World  
Distribution Old World [details]
WoRMS (2024). Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137136 on 2024-11-22
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
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context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong Offshore Wind Farm in SoutheasternWaters. EIA report. [details] 

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Length: 20-23 cm. Plumage: back and wings grey with some mottling on wings; tail white; forecrown white, hindcrown speckled with black with a large black patch behind eye and small black patch in from of eye; below including underwing and sides of neck white; in breeding dress back, head and underparts, including underwing coverts, black; flight feathers pale grey, forewing white, rump, tail and undertail coverts white. Immature similar to adult but brown replaces black and some feathers edged buff. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill black (non-breeding) or dark red (breeding); feet and legs orange-red (breeding), dark red to black (non-breeding). Habitat: estuaries and inland water bodies. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]

Distribution Old World [details]

Habitat mostly inland [details]
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Albanian dallëndyshja e detit krahëbardhë  [details]
Bulgarian Белокрила рибарка  [details]
Danish hvidvinget terne  [details]
Dutch witvleugelstern  [details]
English white-winged tern white-winged black ternwhite winged tern  [details]
French guifette leucoptère  [details]
German Weißflügel-Seeschwalbe  [details]
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