Greater Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii - Sterne huppée
Description identification
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Thalasseus bergii bergii (Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique)
- Thalasseus bergii thalassinus (Tanzania, Madagascar to Mascarenes and Chagos Arch.)
- Thalasseus bergii velox (Red Sea and nw Somalia to Myanmar and w Sumatra)
- Thalasseus bergii cristatus (e China to w, n and e Australia, Ryukyu and Tuamotu Is.)
Foreign names
- Sterne huppée,
- Charrán Piquigualdo,
- Gaivina-de-bico-amarelo,
- Eilseeschwalbe,
- üstökös csér,
- Grote Kuifstern,
- Sterna crestata,
- Tofstärna,
- Hinduterne,
- rybár rýchly,
- rybák chocholatý,
- Bergiusterne,
- töyhtötiira,
- Geelbeksterretjie,
- xatrac reial becgroc,
- Boðaþerna,
- rybitwa złotodzioba,
- lielais cekulzīriņš,
- čopasta čigra,
- Крачка Берга,
- Dara-laut jambul,
- オオアジサシ,
- 大凤头燕鸥,
- นกนางนวลแกลบหงอนใหญ่,
- 大鳳頭燕鷗,
Habitat
Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal.
Sources of information
- Birds of Australia, Peter Rowland
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- HBW Alive,
- IOC World Bird List (v9.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest

- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
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