White-winged Tern
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| Adult in breeding plumage in central, other are Whiskered Tern |
White-winged Tern looks very attractive
in its contrasting white wing and black body. We read about White-winged Tern
in ebird and saw images on OBI. Last season we tried to search White-winged
Tern at Nal Sarovar but there was heavy rain when we reached there so we were
not that lucky to spot it. Day before we went to Nal Sarovar in search of Black
bittern. At late evening, we get nonbreeding of White-winged Tern along with
sandpiper and tern. Next day we decided to visit again for breeding plumage. We
reached there around 10 am. It was quite hot day. Temperature was 45+. Boatmen
had to push the boat in water, as water level was real low. We saw White-winged
Tern flying, hunting and resting with group of Whisker Tern. Even we are lucky
to spot the partial breeding plumage and nonbreeding White-winged Tern all
together into the same group.
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| Adult in partial breeding plumage |
The white-winged tern, or
white-winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus or Chlidonias leucoptera), is a
species of bird in the family Sternidae, the terns. It is a small species
generally found in or near bodies of fresh water across much of the world,
including Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The genus name is from Ancient
Greek khelidonios, "swallow-like", from khelidon, "swallow".
The specific leptopterus is also Greek from leptos, "slender", and
pteros, "feathered", itself from pteron, "wing"
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| Non-breeding plumage |
12th
May 2016
Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Nikon D7100
AF-S Nikkor
300mm F/4D IF-ED + AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E
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