Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusChlidonias (Marsh Terns)
- SpeciesChlidonias hybrida (Whiskered Tern)
Closest Relatives at iSimangaliso Wetland Park
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
Grey-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Whiskered Tern in iSimangaliso Wetland Park?
About 14% of visitor-days record a Whiskered Tern sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, based on 197 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Whiskered Tern in iSimangaliso Wetland Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Whiskered Tern in iSimangaliso Wetland Park in our monthly data.