Data Sheet Info

White-winged Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus, is a species of seabird found in wetland and river and lake ecosystems.

Chlidonias leucopterus has a breeding population size of 540-18300 pairs and a breeding range size of 12900 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Increasing in the short term and Increasing in the long term.

The EU population status of Chlidonias leucopterus was assessed as Secure, because the species does not meet any of the IUCN Red List criteria for threatened or Near Threatened, or the criteria for Depleted or Declining (the EU27 population or range has not declined by 20% or more since 1980).