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Greater Crested Tern / Thalasseus bergii LC

  • Synonyms Great Crested Tern, Great-crested Tern, Crested Tern, Great Crested-Tern, Large Crested Tern, Greater Crested-Tern, Swift Tern
  • Old latin name for bird Sterna bergii

Greater Crested Ternbird sounds *

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

Related species

West African Crested Tern
Cabot's Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Chinese Crested Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
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Where to see Greater Crested Tern

  • Breeding region Africa, Australasia, Oriental Region
  • Breeding subregion coasts of sw Africa, North Indian Ocean and marginal seas, through Indonesian and Australian waters from far s Japan to e Polynesia

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

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGeelbekseeswael, Geelbekseeswael (Geelbeksterretjie), Geelbeksterretjie
Arabicخرشنة متوجة كبيرة, الخرشنة الخطافية
Azerbaijaniböyük kəkilli susüpürən
BasqueTxenada mottodun
BelarusianКрычка Берга
Bengaliফড় টিচক঩ানচচর , বড় টিকিপানচিল
BretonSkrav beg melen
BulgarianЖълтоклюна рибарка
CatalanXatrac emplomallat, xatrac reial becgroc
Chinese大鳳頭燕鷗, 鳳頭燕鷗, 大凤头燕鸥
Chinese (Traditional)鳳頭燕鷗, 大鳳頭燕鷗
Croatiankudrava čigra
Czechrybák chocholatý
DanishBergiusterne, Bergius-terne
DutchGrote Kuifstern
Esperantotufa ŝterno, Granda tufŝterno, Granda krestoŝterno
Estoniantanutiir
Finnishtöyhtötiira
FrenchSterne huppée
FrisianGrutte túfstirns
GalicianCarrán de bico amarelo
GermanEilseeschwalbe
GreekΚιτρινόραμφο Γλαρόνι
Hebrewשחפית ברג, שחפית צהובת-מקור, שחפית צהובת־מקור, צהובת מקור
Hungarianüstökös csér, Üstökös scsér
IcelandicBoðaþerna
IndonesianDara laut jambul besar, Dara-laut jambul, Burung Dara-laut Jambul, Daralaut Jambul, Burung Dara Laut Jambul Besar
IrishGeabhróg chíríneach
ItalianBeccapesci veloce, Sterna crestata, Sterna di Bergius
Japaneseオオアジサシ
KazakhБерг қарқылдағы
Korean큰제비갈매기
Latvianlielais cekulzīriņš, Lielias cekulzīriņš
Lithuaniankuoduotoji žuvėdra
MacedonianЈужна чигра
MalagasySamby
MalayCamar Besar Berjambul, Burung Camar Besar, Burung Camar Besar Berjambul, Burung Camar Berjambul Besar
Malayalamവലിയ  കടല്‍  ആള, വലിയ കടലാള
ManxSternag chereenagh
Northern SamiVuoktačearret
Norwegianhinduterne
Norwegian NynorskHinduterne
Persianپرستودریایی کاکلی بزرگ, پرستو دریایی 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
VietnameseChim Nhàn mào, Nhàn mào, Chim Nhàn mào lớn
WelshMôr-wennol bigfelen