Lesser Crested Tern

Thalasseus bengalensis - Sterne voyageuse

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Laridés

  • Genus
    :

    Thalasseus

  • Species
    :

    bengalensis

Descriptor

Lesson, RP, 1831

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 43 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 88 à 105 cm.
  • Weight
    : 185 à 240 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Sterne voyageuse
adult plum. breeding
Sterne voyageuse
adult plum. transition

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,

Voice song and cries

Sterne voyageuse
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Sterne voyageuse
adult plum. breeding

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

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Sterne voyageuse
published: - Updated: 23-09-2016
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