Lesser Crested Tern / Thalasseus bengalensis LC

Synonyms Lesser Crester Tern, Lesser Crested-Tern, Allied tern, Little crested Tern, Crested Tern
Old latin name for bird Sterna media, Sterna bengalensis

Lesser Crested Ternbird sounds *

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Alarm call, © Lim Ying Hien
Malaysia
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Call, flight call, © Mike Nelson
Madagascar
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Flight call, © Mandar Bhagat
India
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Flight call, © David Darrell-Lambert
Bahrain
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Alarm call, © Lim Ying Hien
Malaysia
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Begging calls of juvenile, © Herman van Oosten
Oman
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Call of adult, © Herman van Oosten
Oman

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

West African Crested Tern

Where to see Lesser Crested Tern

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 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

Species Name in Other Languages

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 টিচক঩ানচচর
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	Daralaut Benggala, Burung Dara Laut Jambul Kecil, Burung Dara-laut Benggala, Dara laut jambul kecil, Dara laut jambul putih, Dara-laut benggala
Irish	Miongheabhróg Chíorach, Geabhróg bheangálach
Italian	Sterna di Rüppel, Sterna di Ruppell, Sterna di Rüppell, Sterna di Rueppell, Sterna di Rueppel
Japanese	ベンガルアジサシ
Kazakh	Бенгал қарқылдағы
Latvian	mazais cekulzīriņš
Lithuanian	bengalinė žuvėdra
Macedonian	Бенгалска чигра
Malagasy	Samby
Malay	Burung Camar Berjambul Kecil, Burung Camar Kecil Berjambul, Camar Kecil Berjambul
Malayalam	ചെറിയ കടല്‍ ആള , ചെറിയ കടലാള
Manx	Sternag chereenagh veg
Northern Sami	Bengálčearret, Bengalčearret
Norwegian	bengalterne
Norwegian Nynorsk	Bengalterne
Persian	پرستودریایی کاکلی کوچک, پرستو دریایی کاکلی کوچک
Polish	rybitwa bengalska
Portuguese	Garajau-pequeno, garajau-bengalense, Gaivina-de-bico-laranja
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