Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Laroidea > Family Laridae > Subfamily Sterninae > Genus Chlidonias

Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ChlidoniasRafinesque, 1822accepted genus name

Species group names

Sterna leucopterus Temminck, 1815 objective synonym
Sterna leucoptera Temminck, 1815 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: dallëndyshja e detit krahëbardhë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Белокрила рибарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: hvidvinget terne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: witvleugelstern sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: white winged tern; white-winged black tern; white-winged tern sources: Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 French: guifette leucoptère sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Weißflügel-Seeschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Αργυρογλάρονο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: מרומית לבנת-כנף sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: baltasparnė žuvėdra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: hvitvingesvartterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: kvitvengsvartterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: rybitwa białoskrzydła sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: chirighiţa cu aripile albe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: белокрылая крачка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: beloperuta čigra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: fumarel aliblanco sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: vitvingad tärna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: ak kanatli sumru; ak kanatlı sumru sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Крячок білокрилий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: cors-wennol adeinwen

Literature

basis of record

van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

additional source

Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

additional source

King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137136

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f8559d30-fd8d-46f3-95aa-72116f9e6b01

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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