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Scientific Name : Chlidonias leucopterus
Family : Laridae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : White-winged Black Tern
Habitat : Wetlands
Description : The White-winged Tern is a small, sleek waterbird whose white head, neck and under body turn black in the summer (adult bird length approximately 23 cm; wing 21 cm; bill 2.3 cm; tarsus 2 cm; tail: 6.2 cm, outer 7.1 cm, depth of fork 0.8 cm). In the breeding season, it has a black head, neck, breast. It feeds on small fish, grasshoppers, dragonflies, water beetles, tadpoles and crabs.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Chroicocephalus genei
(Slender-billed Gull) -
Stercorarius pomarinus
(Pomarine Jaeger (Skua)) -
Larus fuscus
(Lesser Black-backed (Heuglin’s) Gull) -
Thalasseus bengalensis
(Lesser Crested Tern) -
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
((Common) Black‑headed Gull) -
Rissa tridactyla
(Black-legged Kittiwake) -
Gelochelidon nilotica
(Common Gull‑billed Tern) -
Sternula albifrons
(Little Tern) -
Sterna aurantia
(River Tern) -
Sterna sumatrana
(Black‑naped 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;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Ani Sarkisyan(www.inaturalist.org/people/Ani Sarkisyan),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;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;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Ani Sarkisyan(www.inaturalist.org/people/Ani Sarkisyan),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;more information, please contact us.