WoRMS taxon details
Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)
137136 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137136)
accepted
Species
Hydrochelidon leucoptera (Temminck, 1815) · unaccepted
Sterna leucoptera Temminck, 1815 · unaccepted
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...
Distribution Old World
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 (2025). Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137136 on 2025-03-16
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Nomenclature
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]
Other
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]
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
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context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [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
[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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |
| Hebrew | מרומית לבנת-כנף | [details] |
| Lithuanian | baltasparnė žuvėdra | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Αργυρογλάρονο | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | hvitvingesvartterne | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | kvitvengsvartterne | [details] |
| Polish | rybitwa białoskrzydła | [details] |
| Romanian | chirighiţa cu aripile albe | [details] |
| Russian | белокрылая крачка | [details] |
| Slovenian | beloperuta čigra | [details] |
| Spanish | fumarel aliblanco | [details] |
| Swedish | vitvingad tärna | [details] |
| Turkish | ak kanatlı sumruak kanatli sumru | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Крячок білокрилий | [details] |
| Welsh | cors-wennol adeinwen | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chlidonias leucopterus)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Sterna leucoptera Temminck, 1815)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 641312 dorsal)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chlidonias leucopterus)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Sterna leucoptera Temminck, 1815)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 641312 dorsal)
To PESI
To ITIS
