Whiskered Tern

Chlidonias hybrida

Fumarel Cariblanco

 
Photo: G. Beaton

 

Length: 23-29 cm.: weight: 84 g.

RANGE: Breeds in Eurasia. Accidental in the New World, including Barbados and Delaware. May be reported from Puerto Rico eventually.

TAXONOMY: CHARADRIIFORMES; LARIDAE; Sterninae.

 

References

del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1996. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 3. Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Harrison, P. 1983. Seabirds: an identification guide. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.

Harrison, P. 1987. A field guide to seabirds of the world. Stephen Greene Press, Lexington, MA.

Jonsson, L. 1993. Birds of Europe with North Africa and the Middle East. Princeton, NJ, 559 pp.

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