Tern, Whiskered
Chlidonias hybrida
![](https://cqclandcarenetwork.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/TERN-WHISKERED_04-RW-TEEMURRA-DAM.jpg)
![](https://cqclandcarenetwork.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/TERN-WHISKERED_16-MS-KINCHANT-DAM.jpg)
Size : 26-27cm
Habitat : Shallow freshwater wetlands and swamps, brackish & saline lakes, sewerage farms, irrigated croplands and large dams.
Mainly eat small fish, amphibians, crustaceans and insects.
My Tern – A pocket guide to the terns of Australia, Birdlife Australia
Classifications: | Bird, water and shoreline |
Family: | Laridae (Gulls, Terns & Skimmers) |
Information sources: | Photo taken at Teemburra Dam by Robert Werner |