White-winged tern - Chlidonias leucopterus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Chlidonias leucopterus
Author (Temminck, 1815)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176958
Common Names English: White-winged Tern
French: Guifette leucoptère
Spanish: Fumarel aliblanco
Portuguese: trinta-réis-negro-de-asa-branca
Portuguese: gaivina-d'asa-branca
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Chlidonias
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Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN176958
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
    LC (Europe)
#records (spatial)4,451
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets14
Year1906 - 2014
Latitude-45.90 - 36.63
Longitude-7.45 - 175.13
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