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Greater Crested Tern / Thalasseus bergii

Greater Crested Tern bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsGreater Crested-Tern, Crested Tern, Great-crested Tern, Great Crested Tern, Great Crested-Tern, Large Crested Tern, Swift Tern
Old latin name for birdSterna bergii
OrderShorebirds / Charadriiformes
FamilyGulls, Terns, Skimmers / Laridae
GenusThalasseus
Breeding regionAfrica, Australasia, Oriental Region
Breeding subregioncoasts of sw Africa, North Indian Ocean and marginal seas, through Indonesian and Australian waters from far s Japan to e Polynesia

Greater Crested Tern bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Flight call, © Andrew Mascarenhas
    India
  • 2.
    Call, © Qin Huang
    China
  • 3.
    Flight call, © Mandar Bhagat
    India
  • 4.
    Call, © nick talbot
    Australia
  • 5.
    Flight call, © Thijs Fijen
    Oman
  • 6.
    Flight call, © Thijs Fijen
    Oman
  • 7.
    Call, juvenile, © Thijs Fijen
    Oman
  • 8.
    Flight call, © Marc Anderson
    Tonga
  • 9.
    Flight call, © nick talbot
    Australia
  • 10.
    Call, © Tero Linjama
    Egypt
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Chinese Crested Tern
Cabot's Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
West African Crested Tern
Elegant Tern

Where to see Greater Crested Tern

Greater Crested Tern subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Thalasseus bergii bergiicoasts of Namibia to Mozambique-No
Thalasseus bergii cristatuscoastal e China, Taiwan, Spratly Is. (s China Sea), Senkaku Is. (w of Okinawa), and Nishinoshima (Iwo=Volcano Is., s of Japan), sw Philippines, Con Dao Is. (se of Vietnam), Australia including Torres Strait is. (far ne Australia), New Caledonia, Micronesia, Fiji and Tonga (sw, sc Polynesia), Line Is. (e Kiribati), Society and Tuamotu is. (e Polynesia)-No
Thalasseus bergii thalassinusTanzania, Aldabra group (sw Seychelles), Madagascar and Mascarenes (w tropical Indian Ocean) and Chagos Arch. (wc Indian Ocean)to s SomaliaNo
Thalasseus bergii veloxRed Sea and nw Somalia to Maldives, Sri Lanka and Myanmar-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGeelbekseeswael, Geelbeksterretjie, Geelbekseeswael (Geelbeksterretjie)
Arabicخرشنة متوجة كبيرة, الخرشنة الخطافية
Azerbaijaniböyük kəkilli susüpürən
BasqueTxenada mottodun
BelarusianКрычка Берга
Bengaliবড় টিকিপানচিল, ফড় টিচক঩ানচচর
BretonSkrav beg melen
BulgarianЖълтоклюна рибарка
Catalanxatrac reial becgroc, Xatrac emplomallat
Chinese大凤头燕鸥, 大鳳頭燕鷗, 鳳頭燕鷗
Chinese (Traditional)大鳳頭燕鷗, 鳳頭燕鷗
Croatiankudrava čigra
Czechrybák chocholatý
DanishBergius-terne, Bergiusterne
DutchGrote Kuifstern
EsperantoGranda tufŝterno, Granda krestoŝterno, tufa ŝterno
Estoniantanutiir
Finnishtöyhtötiira
FrenchSterne huppée
FrisianGrutte túfstirns
GalicianCarrán de bico amarelo
GermanEilseeschwalbe
GreekΚιτρινόραμφο Γλαρόνι
Hebrewצהובת מקור, שחפית ברג, שחפית צהובת־מקור, שחפית צהובת-מקור
Hungarianüstökös csér, Üstökös scsér
IcelandicBoðaþerna
IndonesianDaralaut Jambul, Burung Dara Laut Jambul Besar, Dara laut jambul besar, Burung Dara-laut Jambul, Dara-laut jambul
IrishGeabhróg chíríneach
ItalianSterna di Bergius, Sterna crestata, Beccapesci veloce
Japaneseオオアジサシ
KazakhБерг қарқылдағы
Korean큰제비갈매기
Latvianlielais cekulzīriņš, Lielias cekulzīriņš
Lithuaniankuoduotoji žuvėdra
MacedonianЈужна чигра
MalagasySamby
MalayBurung Camar Besar Berjambul, Camar Besar Berjambul, Burung Camar Besar, Burung Camar Berjambul Besar
Malayalamവലിയ കടലാള, വലിയ  കടല്‍  ആള
ManxSternag chereenagh
Northern SamiVuoktačearret
NorwegianHinduterne, hinduterne
Norwegian NynorskHinduterne
Persianپرستو دریایی کاکلی بزرگ, پرستودریایی کاکلی بزرگ
Polishrybitwa złotodzioba, rybitwa zlotodzioba
Portuguesegarajau-de-bico-amarelo, Gaivina-de-bico-amarelo
RomanianChiră cu creastă mare
RussianКрачка Берга, Хохлатая крачка
SerbianJužna čigra
Slovakrybár rýchly
Sloveniančopasta čigra
SpanishCharrán piquigualdo, Gaviotín Crestado
SwahiliShakwe Kishungi Mkubwa
Swedishtofstärna
Tahitiantarapapa
Thaiนกนางนวลแกลบหงอนใหญ่
TurkishTepeli Büyük Sumru, büyük tepeli sumru
Ukrainianкрячок жовтодзьобий
VietnameseNhàn mào, Chim Nhàn mào lớn, Chim Nhàn mào
WelshMôr-wennol bigfelen