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Chlidonias
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Chlidonias
- Order: Charadriiformes
- Family: Laridae
Chlidonias, often known as the marsh terns, is a genus of birds in family Laridae.
The birds are found in freshwater marshes, rather than coastal locations.
The genus name Chlidonias is from Ancient Greek khelidonios, "swallow-like", from khelidon, "swallow".1/ Whiskered tern (Nhàn đen, Chlidonias hybrida)
The specific hybridus is Latin for hybrid.2/ White-winged tern, or white-winged black tern (Nhàn xám, Chlidonias leucopterus or Chlidonias leucoptera)