| White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus |
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Lake Shalla, Ethiopia The White-winged Tern is a marsh tern which breeds near marshes, bogs and wetlands in eastern Europe and Asia but migrates during the northern winter to Africa, south-east Asia and Australia. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. |
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It is very similar to Black Tern C. niger but has a white wing in breeding plumage. This is a juvenile bird which looks similar to a non-breeding adult but has darker markings on the head. | |||
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