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White-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)

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White-winged tern eggs in nest

© Chris Perrins / gettyimages.com
Juvenile white-winged tern

© Hanne & Jens Eriksen / naturepl.com
White-winged tern in winter plumage

© Nigel J. Dennis / www.photoshot.com
White-winged tern in winter plumage, spreading wings

© Jose B. Ruiz / naturepl.com
White-winged terns in winter plumage, feeding

© Morten Strange / www.photoshot.com
White-winged tern moulting into breeding plumage

© Hanne & Jens Eriksen / naturepl.com
White-winged tern moulting into breeding plumage, in flight

© Ariadne Van Zandbergen / www.africaimagelibrary.com
White-winged tern on wooden post

© Mike Lane / www.photoshot.com
White-winged tern

© Yossi Eshbol / www.flpa-images.co.uk
White-winged tern in flight, anterior view

© Berndt Fischer / Biosphoto
White-winged tern in flight

© Wild Wonders of Europe / D'Amicis / naturepl.com
White-winged tern in flight

© Wild Wonders of Europe / D'Amicis / naturepl.com
White winged tern in flight

© Roger Tidman / www.photoshot.com
White-winged tern in flight

© Nick Upton / naturepl.com
White-winged tern on nest, calling

© Dennis Green / gettyimages.com
White-winged terns feeding

© Peter Steyn / www.ardea.com
White-winged terns in flight over lake

© Ariadne Van Zandbergen / www.africaimagelibrary.com
White-winged tern flock in habitat

© Nick Upton

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