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
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,
- garajau-pequeno,
- Rüppellseeschwalbe,
- bengáli csér,
- Bengaalse Stern,
- Sterna di Rüppell,
- iltärna,
- Bengalterne,
- rybár prostredný,
- rybák oranžovozobý,
- Bengalsk Terne,
- pikkutöyhtötiira,
- Kuifkopseeswael (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
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
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 (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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