White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusChlidonias (Marsh Terns)
- SpeciesChlidonias leucopterus (White-winged Tern)
Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Grey-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Hartlaub's Gull
Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of White-winged Tern at Garden Route National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there