BirdUp · Species
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis(Lesson, RP, 1831)
Native
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Thalasseus
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The lesser crested tern is a tern in the family Laridae.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- AF, OR, AU : disjunctly, coasts of south-central Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and marginal seas, and north Australia
- Non-breeding range
- To subtropical and tropical Old World waters from north-west Africa to New Guinea
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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