English: White-winged Tern, White-winged Black Tern
Russian: Белокрылая крачка
Mongolian: Буурал хараалзай, Буурал хараалай
German: Weissflugel-Seeschwalbe
French: Guifette leucoptere
Japanese: ハジロクロハラアジサシ (Hajiro-kurohara-ajisashi)
Body length: 23-27 cm
Wing Span:
58-67 cm
Passage migrant
Breeding season: May-August
Egg number: 3 (occasionally,4)
Egg colour: Pale yellowish with black and
dark brownish spots, blotches.
Brood: 1 per year
Global status: Least Concern
Regional Status: Least Concern
Food: Insects, small fishes and young amphibians.
Habitat: Breeds in colonies on shallow water
or on a raft of floating aquatic plants. During migration they feed and rest on
muddy and stony shores of saline and fresh water lakes and river banks.