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Whiskered tern
| Whiskered tern | |
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| C. h. delalandii summer (breeding) plumage, South Africa | |
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| C. h. hybrida winter (non-breeding) plumage, Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Chlidonias |
| Species: | C. hybrida
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas, 1811)
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| Subspecies | |
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| Range of Ch. hybrida Breeding Resident Non-breeding Vagrant (seasonality uncertain)
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| Synonyms | |
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The whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khelidonios, "swallow-like", from khelidon, "swallow". The specific hybridus is Latin for hybrid; Peter Simon 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".[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Chlidonias hybrida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22694764A111750380. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22694764A111750380.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 102, 196. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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