Chlidonias
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Size: small. Plumage: tail slightly forked, less than half length of wing, no streamers; strong seasonal variation. Other characters: bill shorter than head, slender, and only slightly curved; short legs; feet small and feeble with only partial webs on front toes. <389>
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Depth range based on 844 specimens in 5 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 768 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 0
Temperature range (°C): 9.408 - 27.307
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.082 - 14.675
Salinity (PPS): 6.428 - 37.870
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.626 - 7.967
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.076 - 0.763
Silicate (umol/l): 0.769 - 9.916
Graphical representation
Temperature range (°C): 9.408 - 27.307
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.082 - 14.675
Salinity (PPS): 6.428 - 37.870
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.626 - 7.967
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.076 - 0.763
Silicate (umol/l): 0.769 - 9.916
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:38
Specimens with Sequences:29
Specimens with Barcodes:29
Species:4
Species With Barcodes:4
Public Records:26
Public Species:4
Public BINs:4
The name marsh tern refers to terns of the genus Chlidonias, which are typically found in freshwater marshes, rather than coastal locations.
There are four species:
- Black tern, Chlidonias niger
- White-winged tern or white-winged black tern, Chlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybridus
- The Black-fronted tern, Chlidonias albostriatus (formerly Sterna albostriata) is now also recognized to belong to this genus (Bridge et al., 2005).
The black-bellied tern (Sterna acuticauda) and the white-cheeked tern (Sterna repressa) might also be placed in Chlidonias.
References[edit]
- Bridge, E. S.; Jones, A. W. & Baker, A. J. (2005): A phylogenetic framework for the terns (Sternini) inferred from mtDNA sequences: implications for taxonomy and plumage evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 459–469. PDF fulltext.
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