Whiskered Tern

Order Charadriiformes; Family Sternidae (Terns); Formerly in Family Laridae (Gulls & Terns); Scientific name: Chlidonias hybridus; Incorectly: Chlidonias hybrida; Common name: Whiskered Tern – Distribution in Australia: freshwater tern found in large swamps, lagoons and lakes in all mainland states and in eastern Tasmania; absent in the arid inland - Distribution outside Australia: there are altogether six recognized subspecies scaterred in Africa, Central and Southern Asia, Europe, New Guinea and New Zealand.