White-winged Black Tern

The name 'White-winged Tern' is the standard in most English-speaking countries; in Britain, this name is also the one used by the formal ornithological recording authorities, but the older alternative 'White-winged Black Tern' is still frequent in popular use.

The White-winged Black Tern is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

A White-winged Black Tern I think actually tried to nest in NY a few years ago, it paired up with a Black Tern, but I don’t remember how sucessful it was. Besides I can find all those waterfowl in NY, just most of them would be considered escapes… 2. More

The White-winged, also known as White-winged Black Tern, breeds in Siberia. It winters south, moving down the Malay Peninsula to Singapore and beyond to as far as Australia. In Singapore, it is possible to see the bird both in its non-breeding (above right) and breeding plumages (below). The image below shows the breeding plumage, although “not quite though, judging from the white flecks on the head” – according to our bird specialist R Subaraj. More

Hybridisation between this species and White-winged Black Tern has been recorded from Sweden and the Netherlands. Two juvenile birds at Chew Valley Lake, England, in September 1978 and September 1981, were also believed to be hybrids; they showed mixed characters of the two species, specifically a combination of a dark mantle (a feature of White-winged Black) with dark patches on the breast-side (a feature of Black Tern, not shown by White-winted Black). More

More usually in Australia, we see White-winged Black Terns in non-breeding plumage – like the one in the second photo – and care needs to be taken to distinguish them from the related, slightly larger, Whiskered Tern in the same plumage. Perhaps the best field mark is the shape of the black band on the head. In the White-winged Tern it forms a vertical hoop over the crown of the head; in the Whiskered Tern it forms a horizontal hoop around the nape and the crown is whitish. More

or White-winged Black Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus, is a small tern generally found in or near bodies of fresh water across from Southeastern Europe east to Australia. The name 'White-winged Tern' is the standard in most English-speaking countries; in Britain, this name is also the one used by the formal ornithological recording authorities, but the older alternative 'White-winged Black Tern' is still frequent in popular use. More

For the purposes of our bird news services, White-winged Black Tern is classed as Scarce: broadly speaking, species that are covered in British Birds' annual review of scarce species (and forms of similar rarity). More

The White-winged Tern (or White-winged Black Tern, which is the older alternative name), is a small tern generally found in or near bodies of fresh water from Southeastern Europe to Australia. It is a scarce vagrant in North America, mainly on the Atlantic coast, but there have been a few records on the Pacific coast and inland in the Great Lakes area. More

This is the first of two juvenile White-winged Black Terns that were present at Wilstone Reservoir (Herts) for a short time. The reason for inclusion on this website is that both birds were seen in Bucks airspace (which is very close to the reservoir) and constitute the 1st and 2nd records for the county! There have been a few records of the species in Herts before, including five prior records at Wilstone, the last in 2005. More

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White-winged Black Tern breed on freshwater marshes across southeast Europe to central Asia, in winter they migrate to Africa, southern Asia and Australia and are a vagrant to the British Isles with between ten and forty records annually. The word 'tern' probably originates from the Old English word 'stearn' meaning sea-swallow. Some historical name for Tern include; Pick Tarnie, Darr, Tarrock, Purre, Kirr Mew and Skiff. Earliest: May 3rd 1990 at Aust Warth. More

White-winged Black Tern records in the Western Isles Very rare visitor (5 or less records) TBC The chart below shows how abundant the White-winged Black Tern is during a month or when you are more likely to see it. More

leading edge to the wing but only in the White-winged Black Tern is this truly and extensively white and highlighted even more by black underwing coverts and a brilliant white rump. At the end of the breeding season, the moulting adults can be most easily told by the obvious remnants of black under the wing-coverts and the juveniles stand out because of their almost solidly black mantles which give a neat saddle effect. More

white-winged black tern, Chlidonias leucopterus, seen at Unahi, near Kaitaia We were just back on land from our third annual and very successful Three Kings trip (trip report here). Some great birds with the bird of the trip being a white-capped noddy seen with red-billed gulls near Cape Maria van Diemen. More