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Whiskered Tern

Chlidonias hybrida

470Records since 2000
MayPeak month
25Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr90
May192
Jun77
Jul11
Aug39
Sep25
Oct36
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England54
2Cambridgeshire England44
3Somerset England40
4Kent England34
5Nottinghamshire England22
6Suffolk England17
7Lincolnshire England17
8Warrington England16
9Rutland England13
10Gloucestershire England12
11Cheshire East England10
12Leeds England9
13Angus Scotland9
14Surrey England8
15Cornwall England6
448 England13 Scotland6 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
470
Peak month
May
Counties with records
25
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Chlidonias hybrida
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Dorset
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Chlidonias
Name with authority
Chlidonias hybrida (Pallas, 1811)
Described
1811
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q233616 · GBIF 2481121