Latin Etymology: Chlidonias ("swallow-like") leptopterus ("slender wing")
Summer Adult White-Winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) at Eyebrooke Reservoir, Rutland - May 2018
Featured Subspecies: N/A
Weight: 42-79g / Length: 23-27cm / Wingspan: 58-67cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
The White-Winged Black Tern is certainly one of those species which has a obliquely descriptive name; it indeed resembles pretty much a Black Tern except with white wings. Unlike it's near namesake, it isn't a regular passage species to the UK instead only turning up as a vagrant as it migrates between Africa and Eastern Europe.
Related Species:
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Sternidae
Genus: Chlidonias
SUBSPECIES: none - monotypic
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - A rare vagrant
- A single bird seen at Eyebrooke Reservoir in May 2018.
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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