bird · Charadriiformes · Laridae
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck, 1815) — also called white-winged black tern, White-winged Black Tern. Occurrence records of the White-winged Tern are shared on GBIF from around 10 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Marievale Bird Sanctuary (515 records), in 6 provinces.
IUCN: Least concernLaridae
10reserves with records
1 146records around them
6provinces
LCIUCN category
Where it is recorded
| Reserve | Province | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve | GP Gauteng | 515 |
| Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary | WC Western Cape | 417 |
| Rust de Winter NatuurreservaatNature reserve | LP Limpopo | 43 |
| Rust De Winter Nature ReserveProtected area | LP Limpopo | 43 |
| Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve | GP Gauteng | 40 |
| Bronkies Nature ReserveNature reserve | GP Gauteng | 40 |
| eMalahleni Nature ReserveNature reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 19 |
| Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 15 |
| Loskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 11 |
| Boskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve | NW North West | 3 |
By province
- Gauteng
- 3 reserves
- Mpumalanga
- 2 reserves
- Limpopo
- 2 reserves
- Western Cape
- 1 reserve
- Eastern Cape
- 1 reserve
- North West
- 1 reserve
Taxonomy
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Scientific name
- Chlidonias leucopterus
- GBIF taxon
- 2481120
- Wikidata
- Q241753
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.