Whiskered Tern Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Chlidonias hybrida
Family : Laridae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Wetlands
Description : The Whiskered Tern is a small silvery-grey waterbird with a slightly forked tail (adult bird length approximately 25 cm, wing 22 cm, bill 3.4 cm, tarsus 2.2 cm, tail 7.8 cm). The breeding adult looks graceful silvery-grey from above. The non-breeding adult looks entirely pale grey except for black streaks on its white crown. It mainly feeds on insects like dragonflies, larvae, grasshoppers and water beetles. It also takes tadpoles, crabs and fish.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Stercorarius parasiticus
(Arctic (Parasitic) Jaeger (Skua)) -
Sterna aurantia
(River Tern) -
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
(Pallas’s (Great Black‑headed ) Gull) -
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
((Common) Black‑headed Gull) -
Rynchops albicollis
(Indian Skimmer) -
Thalasseus bergii
(Great Crested (Swift) Tern) -
Thalasseus bengalensis
(Lesser Crested Tern) -
Chroicocephalus genei
(Slender-billed Gull) -
Sternula albifrons
(Little Tern) -
Chlidonias leucopterus
(White‑winged Tern)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.