Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis - Sterne voyageuse
Systematics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family:
Laridés
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Genus:
Thalasseus
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Species:
bengalensis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 43 cm
- Wingspan: 88 à 105 cm.
- Weight: 185 à 240 g
Geographic range
Description identification
Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.
Subspecific information 3 subspecies
- Thalasseus bengalensis bengalensis (Red Sea and Indian Ocean)
- Thalasseus bengalensis emigratus (Libya and Persian Gulf)
- Thalasseus bengalensis torresii (Australasia)
Foreign names
- Sterne voyageuse,
- Charrán Bengalí,
- Gaivina-de-bico-laranja,
- Rüppellseeschwalbe,
- bengáli csér,
- Bengaalse Stern,
- Sterna di Rüppell,
- Iltärna,
- Bengalterne,
- rybár prostredný,
- rybák oranžovozobý,
- Bengalterne,
- pikkutöyhtötiira,
- Kuifkopsterretjie,
- xatrac de Bengala,
- Bengalþerna,
- rybitwa bengalska,
- mazais cekulzīriņš,
- bengalska čigra,
- Бенгальская крачка,
- Dara-laut benggala,
- ベンガルアジサシ,
- 小凤头燕鸥,
- นกนางนวลแกลบหงอนเล็ก,
- 小鳳頭燕鷗,
Habitat
Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Coral Reef, Outer Reef Channel, Back Slope, Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope), Lagoon, Inter-Reef Soft Substrate, Inter-Reef Rubble Substrate, Seagrass (Submerged), Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc
Sources of information
- Vol. 4 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- Birds of Southern Africa, Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- HBW Alive,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v10.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
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- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
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- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
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