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Where does the Whiskered Tern live?

Chlidonias hybrida has 644,618 records in 157 countries and territories, from 1839 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

Whiskered Tern
Whiskered Tern — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesLaridaeChlidonias

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Australia 128,221
India 105,372
Taiwan 87,996
Spain 54,814
South Africa 35,494
France 32,863
Netherlands 23,151
Thailand 22,023
Philippines 14,180
Sri Lanka 13,839
Israel 8,819
Poland 8,703
China 7,264
Türkiye 5,136
Cambodia 4,557
Romania 4,488
Hungary 4,422
Malaysia 4,292
Kenya 4,195
United Arab Emirates 4,192
Indonesia 3,643
Oman 3,408
Greece 3,328
Ukraine 3,167
Egypt 2,957
Bulgaria 2,701
Serbia 2,571
Hong Kong 2,498
Iran 2,495
Sweden 2,273
Russia 2,110
Botswana 2,086
Tanzania 1,954
Belgium 1,719
Germany 1,693
Mozambique 1,399
Portugal 1,358
Namibia 1,334
Austria 1,294
Kuwait 1,176

Showing the top 40 of 157 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.