OOrder: Charadriiformes 
Family: Sternidae
Chlidonias hybrida
Whiskered Tern / Fumarel cariblanco

Maximum size: 29 cm length – 70 cm wingspan.
Habitat
They live in the centre and the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in lagoons, ponds, pools and dams, both inland and on the coast, in areas with plenty of vegetation in order to be able to build their nests. They also live in rivers, marshes and wetlands with clean waters. 
They breed in summer in the marshes in the River Guadalquivir, the Delta del Ebro, and wetlands in the Levant and La Mancha.
They feed on insects and invertebrates.
They are customary  throughout the year. They are the most common tern species in the southwest of the peninsula.
They are listed as ‘Vulnerable’ in Spain and the EU, and they are included in the Red List of the Vertebrates of Andalusia.

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