Chlidonias leucopterus
White-winged Black Tern at Fyshwick Sewerage Treatment Plant
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| Chlidonias leucopterus | Liam.m | 18 Jan 2024 | |
| Chlidonias leucopterus | BenW | 18 Jan 2024 |
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Small tern with white belly, rump and underwingws and darker upperwings. Diagnostic earmuff markings behind the eye. Flying very fast over all the sewage ponds and at times coming within 20 metres of the fence, before flying high over the road towards Kelly's swamp.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.164834-35.317661
- Maps Fyshwick Sewerage Treatment Plant
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Jan 2024 10:21 AM Recorded on
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- Birds Water birds Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) BenW Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chlidonias leucopterus
Species information
- Chlidonias leucopterus Scientific name
- White-winged Black Tern Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vagrant native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 21.4m Recorded at altitude
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