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White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus   [Temminck, 1815]
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Order: Charadriiformes Family: Sternidae
BTO Codes: WJ , WWBTE EURING No: 6280
Number in Britain: 16 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Visitor
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 22 cm Wingspan: 65 cm Weight: M/F: 63 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: khelidon=swallow + -ios=like and Gr.: leukos + pteros=wing
World Distribution: BREEDS: e Europe, c Asia, e Africa, WINTERS: s Africa, s Asia, Australia
Habitat: Marshes, wet grassland, in winter seacoast & estuaries
Diet: Mostly freshwater insects and invertebrates, sometimes fish
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Records and Distribution
First Record: 1853
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 757 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: May to September
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Argyll (1999), Angus & Dundee (1995), Clyde (2003), Dumfries & Galloway (1997), Fife (2001), Upper Forth (2004), Highland (1997), Lothian (2002), Moray & Nairn , Northeast (2002), Outer Hebrides (2004), Orkney (2003), Shetland (2004),
   North-east England: Cleveland (2002), Durham (2002), Northumberland (2004), East Yorkshire (2004), North Yorkshire (2004), South Yorkshire (2001), West Yorkshire (2004),
   North-west England: Cheshire (2003), Cumbria (2001), Lancashire (2003),
   English Midlands: Derbyshire (1997), Leicestershire (2004), Northamptonshire (2003), Nottinghamshire (2004), Shropshire , Staffordshire (1999), Warwickshire (2001), Worcestershire (2000),
   Eastern England: Bedfordshire (2004), Cambridgeshire (2004), Essex (2004), Hertfordshire (1999), Lincolnshire (2004), Norfolk (2004), Suffolk (2004),
   South-east England: Berkshire (1994), Hampshire (1995), Isle of Wight (1996), Kent (2004), Greater London (1996), Oxfordshire (1999), Surrey (2004), East Sussex , West Sussex (1998),
   South-west England: Cornwall (1999), Devon (2004), Dorset (2004), Gloucestershire (2001), Somerset (2004), Wiltshire (1998), Isles of Scilly (1995),
   Wales: Anglesey (1998), Carmarthen (2001), Ceredigion (1998), Clwyd , Glamorgan , Gwent (2000), Pembrokeshire (1999), Powys ,
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Other Names
White-winged Tern
Gaelic: Steàrnag-bhreac Welsh: Corswennol Adeinwen
Danish: Hvidvinget terne Dutch: Witvleugelstern
Finnish: Valkosiipitiira French: Guifette leucoptère
German: Weißflügel-Seeschwalbe Hungarian: Fehérszárnyú szerko
Icelandic: Tígulþerna Irish: Geabhróg Bháneiteach
Italian: Mignattino alibianche Norwegian: Hvitvingesvartterne
Polish: Rybitwa bialoskrzydla Portuguese: Gaivina-d'asa-branca
Spanish: Fumarel aliblanco Swedish: Vitvingad tärna
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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