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White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Scientific name definitions

Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, David Christie, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 28, 2017

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Distribution of the White-winged Tern - Range Map
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Distribution of the White-winged Tern

Recommended Citation

Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, D. A. Christie, G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whwter.01
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