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whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida or Chlidonias hybridus)
Subject: whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida or Chlidonias hybridus)
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Whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) - whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida or Chlidonias hybridus).jpg
Resolution: 2076x1384 File Size: 780870 Bytes Date: 2014:10:29 09:27:19 Camera: Canon EOS 70D (Canon) F number: f/10.0 Exposure: 1/1000 sec Focal Length: 400/1 Upload Date: 2017:01:29 14:16:34

whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida or Chlidonias hybridus)


Summer plumage

Description
English: Whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida), Lake Sibaya, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Date 29 October 2014, 09:27:19
Source Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography http://www.sharpphotography.co.uk/
Author Charlesjsharp https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Charlesjsharp
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whiskered_tern_(Chlidonias_hybrida).jpg

The whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida or Chlidonias hybridus) is a seabird of the tern family, Sternidae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khelidonios, "swallow-like", from khelidon, "swallow". The specific hybridus is Latin for hybrid; Pallas thought it might be a hybrid of white-winged black tern and common tern, writing "Sterna fissipes [Chlidonias leucopterus] et Hirundine [Sterna hirundo] natam”. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in size and minor plumage details. Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Sternidae.
Subspecies:
C. h. hybrida – (Pallas, 1811) (Eurasian Whiskered Tern)
C. h. delalandii – (Mathews, 1912) (African Whiskered Tern)
C. h. javanicus – (Horsfield, 1821) (Australasian Whiskered Tern)

common tern
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