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Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae

Genus: Chlidonias

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Chlidonias albostriatus
[Black-fronted tern]
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Max. Length 26 cm TL
 
Chlidonias hybrida
[Whiskered tern]

Yap, Michael

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Max. Length 24 cm TL
Chlidonias leucopterus(Temminck, 1815)

Photo by Yap, Michael
 
Chlidonias leucopterus
[White-winged tern]
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Max. Length 24 cm TL
 
Chlidonias niger
[Black tern]


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