Lesser Crested Tern / Thalasseus bengalensis
| Lesser Crested Tern bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Lesser Crester Tern, Lesser Crested-Tern, Allied tern, Little crested Tern, Crested Tern |
| Old latin name for bird | Sterna bengalensis, Sterna media |
| Order | Shorebirds / Charadriiformes |
| Family | Gulls, Terns, Skimmers / Laridae |
| Genus | Thalasseus |
| Breeding region | Africa, Australasia, Oriental Region |
| Breeding subregion | disjunctly, coasts of sc Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and marginal seas, and n Australia |
| Non breeding region | to subtropical and tropical Old World waters from nw Africa to New Guinea |
Lesser Crested Tern bird sounds *
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Related species
Chinese Crested Tern
Cabot's Tern
Royal Tern
Greater Crested Tern
Sandwich Tern
West African Crested Tern
Elegant Tern
Where to see Lesser Crested Tern
- Algeria
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Brunei
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- New Caledonia
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Réunion
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Vietnam
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
Lesser Crested Tern subspecies (3)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thalasseus bengalensis bengalensis | Indian Ocean and marginal coasts: Red Sea, Persian Gulf to Sind (Pakistan) and (perhaps) Lakshadweep and Maldives (nc Indian Ocean) and Orissa (w Bay of Bengal) | to coastal s Africa, Comoros, all Seychelles groups, Madagascar and Sri Lanka | No |
| Thalasseus bengalensis emigratus | coastal sc Mediterranean: Libya (c North Africa) | coastal nw, w Africa | No |
| Thalasseus bengalensis torresii | coastal nw, nc, ne Australia | to coastal New Guinea, Indonesian Arch. and Malay Pen. | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kuifkopsterretjie, Kuifkopseeswael (Kuifkopsterretjie), Kuifkopseeswael |
| Arabic | خرشنة بنغالية, الخرشنة المتوجة الصغيرة |
| Azerbaijani | kiçik kəkilli susüpürən |
| Basque | Xatrac bengalí, Bengalako txenada |
| Belarusian | Бенгальская крычка |
| Bengali | বাংলা টিকিপানচিল, ফািংরা টিচকানচচর |
| Breton | Skrav-Bengal |
| Bulgarian | Бенгалска рибарка |
| Catalan | Llambritja bengalí, Xatrac bengalí, xatrac de Bengala |
| Chinese | 小凤头燕鸥 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 小鳳頭燕鷗 |
| Croatian | narančastokljuna čigra |
| Czech | Rybák Lessonuv, rybák oranžovozobý |
| Danish | Bengalsk Terne, Bengalterne |
| Dutch | Bengaalse Stern |
| Esperanto | Bengala krestoŝterno, Bengala ŝterno |
| Estonian | liivatiir |
| Finnish | pikkutöyhtötiira |
| French | Sterne voyageuse, Sterne du Bengale |
| Frisian | Lytse túfstirns |
| Galician | Carrán bengalés, Xatrac bengalí, Carrán bengalí |
| German | Ruppellseeschwalbe, Rüppel-Seeschwalbe, Rüppelseeschwalbe, Rüppellseeschwalbe, Rüppell-Seeschwalbe |
| Greek | Ταξιδογλάρονο, Πορτοκαλόραμφο Γλαρόνι |
| Hebrew | כתומת מקור, שחפית כתומת־מקור, שחפית בנגלית |
| Hungarian | bengáli csér, Bengáliai csér |
| Icelandic | Bengalþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara laut jambul kecil, Burung Dara Laut Jambul Kecil, Daralaut Benggala, Burung Dara-laut Benggala, Dara laut jambul putih, Dara-laut benggala |
| Irish | Miongheabhróg Chíorach, Geabhróg bheangálach |
| Italian | Sterna di Rueppell, Sterna di Rüppel, Sterna di Ruppell, Sterna di Rueppel, Sterna di Rüppell |
| Japanese | ベンガルアジサシ |
| Kazakh | Бенгал қарқылдағы |
| Latvian | mazais cekulzīriņš |
| Lithuanian | bengalinė žuvėdra |
| Macedonian | Бенгалска чигра |
| Malagasy | Samby |
| Malay | Camar Kecil Berjambul, Burung Camar Berjambul Kecil, Burung Camar Kecil Berjambul |
| Malayalam | ചെറിയ കടല് ആള , ചെറിയ കടലാള |
| Manx | Sternag chereenagh veg |
| Northern Sami | Bengálčearret, Bengalčearret |
| Norwegian | Bengalterne, bengalterne |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Bengalterne |
| Persian | پرستودریایی کاکلی کوچک, پرستو دریایی کاکلی کوچک |
| Polish | rybitwa bengalska |
| Portuguese | garajau-pequeno, Gaivina-de-bico-laranja, garajau-bengalense |
| Romanian | Chiră cu creastă mică |
| Romansh | Pestgarel bengal |
| Russian | Бенгальская крачка, Крачка бенгальская |
| Serbian | Bengalska čigra |
| Slovak | rybár prostredný |
| Slovenian | bengalska cigra, bengalska čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán begalés, Charrán Bengali, Charrán Bengalés, Charrán bengalí, Gaviotin Bengalí |
| Swahili | Shakwe Kishungi Mdogo |
| Swedish | iltärna |
| Tamil | Kondai Aala |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบหงอนเล็ก |
| Turkish | Tepeli Sumru |
| Ukrainian | крячок бенгальський |
| Welsh | Morwennol gribog leiaf, Môr-wennol gribog fach |