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;[[:Category:Chlidonias|Chlidonias]] hybrida | ;[[:Category:Chlidonias|Chlidonias]] hybrida | ||
[[Image:Whiskered_Tern.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Dick Hoogenboom<br />Photo taken: Lesvos Greece.]] | [[Image:Whiskered_Tern.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Dick Hoogenboom<br />Photo taken: Lesvos Greece.]] | ||
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In juvenile plumage, they have a dark mantle recalling the saddle effect which is a key feature of [[White-winged Black Tern]]s. In a Whiskered Tern, however, this saddle is paler, browner and is noticeably interrupted by pale scaly markings. Also, the rump is not as conspicuously white as on a White-winged Black Tern and the wings of a Whiskered Tern are a more uniform grey. These features are also helpful in winter plumage when the crown goes mostly white, leaving a definite dark horizontal line going back from the eye. Also the bill is heavier than in other 'marsh terns'. | In juvenile plumage, they have a dark mantle recalling the saddle effect which is a key feature of [[White-winged Black Tern]]s. In a Whiskered Tern, however, this saddle is paler, browner and is noticeably interrupted by pale scaly markings. Also, the rump is not as conspicuously white as on a White-winged Black Tern and the wings of a Whiskered Tern are a more uniform grey. These features are also helpful in winter plumage when the crown goes mostly white, leaving a definite dark horizontal line going back from the eye. Also the bill is heavier than in other 'marsh terns'. | ||
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=986&Bird_Image_ID=820&Bird_Family_ID=105 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=986&Bird_Image_ID=820&Bird_Family_ID=105 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=41&bid=548 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=41&bid=548 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
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Revision as of 06:08, 29 April 2008
- Chlidonias hybrida
Identification
In summer plumage their black cap and white cheeks makes them look more like Common Terns than Black Terns but they have the short, broad wings and tails typical of 'marsh terns' and their underparts are such a deep grey that the white cheeks stand out boldly.
In juvenile plumage, they have a dark mantle recalling the saddle effect which is a key feature of White-winged Black Terns. In a Whiskered Tern, however, this saddle is paler, browner and is noticeably interrupted by pale scaly markings. Also, the rump is not as conspicuously white as on a White-winged Black Tern and the wings of a Whiskered Tern are a more uniform grey. These features are also helpful in winter plumage when the crown goes mostly white, leaving a definite dark horizontal line going back from the eye. Also the bill is heavier than in other 'marsh terns'.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Behaviour
Migrates to winter in sub-Saharan west Africa although some birds now remain in the Mediterranean, birds breeding in eastern Europe winter in large numbers in the nile Delta and East and South Africa.
