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Species profile—Chlidonias leucopterus (white-winged black tern)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Laridae (gulls and terns) → Chlidonias leucopterus (white-winged black tern)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Laridae (gulls and terns)
Scientific name
Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)
Common name
white-winged black tern
WildNet taxon ID
1920
Synonym(s)
Sterna leucoptera
Alternate name(s)
white-winged tern
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
SL
Conservation significant
Yes
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Marine & Terrestrial

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1920

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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