West African Crested Tern / Thalasseus albididorsalis
| West African Crested Tern bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | NE - Not evaluated |
| Synonyms | West African Royal Tern, Royal Tern (African) |
| Order | Shorebirds / Charadriiformes |
| Family | Gulls, Terns, Skimmers / Laridae |
| Genus | Thalasseus |
| Breeding region | Africa |
| Breeding subregion | coasts of Mauritania to Guinea (w Africa) |
| Non breeding region | to coasts of Morocco in n and s to Namibia |
West African Crested Tern bird sounds *
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
Related species
Chinese Crested Tern
Cabot's Tern
Royal Tern
Greater Crested Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Elegant Tern
Where to see West African Crested Tern
- Angola
- Benin
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ireland
- Liberia
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Portugal
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Spain
- Togo
- Tunisia
- United Kingdom
- Western Sahara
West African Crested Tern subspecies (0)
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Wes-Afrikasterretjie, Koningsterretjie |
| Basque | Txenada handia (albididorsalis) |
| Bulgarian | Кралска рибарка (ssp. albididorsalis) |
| Catalan | Xatrac reial, Xatrac reial bec-roig (africà) |
| Chinese | 西非凤头燕鸥 |
| Czech | rybák královský (ssp. albididorsalis), rybák západoafrický |
| Danish | Vestafrikansk Kongeterne |
| Dutch | Koningsstern (Afrikaans), Afrikaanse Koningsstern |
| Esperanto | Afrika reĝa ŝterno |
| Finnish | kuningastiira (albididorsalis) |
| French | Sterne royale (forme d'Afrique), Sterne d’Afrique, Sterne royale (albididorsalis), Sterne royal d'Afrique, Sterne royale (Afrique), Sterne d'Afrique |
| Frisian | Afrikaanske keningstirns |
| Galician | Carrán real africano, Carrán real (albididorsalis) |
| German | Königsseeschwalbe (albididorsalis), Afrikanische Königsseeschwalbe, Guineaseeschwalbe, Königsseeschwalbe-albididorsalis |
| Greek | Αφρικανικό Διπλογλάρονο, Διπλογλάρονο (albididorsalis) |
| Hebrew | שחפית מערב אפריקנית |
| Hungarian | Királycsér (Afrikai) |
| Icelandic | Rosaþerna (albididorsalis) |
| Italian | Sterna reale africana |
| Japanese | アメリカオオアジサシ (albididorsalis), アフリカオオアジサシ |
| Lithuanian | Karališkoji žuvėdra (albididorsalis), Afrikinė karališkoji žuvėdra |
| Norwegian | kongeterne (albididorsalis), høvdingterne |
| Polish | rybitwa królewska (albididorsalis), rybitwa jasnogrzbieta |
| Portuguese | Garajau-real, garajau-real-africano |
| Russian | Королевская крачка (albididorsalis), Западноафриканская королевская крачка |
| Serbian | Kraljevska čigra (albididorsalis), Afrička ćubasta čigra |
| Slovak | rybár kráľovský, rybár kráľovský (skup.) |
| Spanish | Charrán real, Charrán Real (albididorsalis), Charrán real africano, Charrán Real (africano) |
| Swedish | kungstärna (albididorsalis), guineatärna |
| Turkish | Batı Afrika Sumrusu, Kral Sumru (albididorsalis) |
| Ukrainian | Крячок (королівський) африканський, крячок африканський |
| Welsh | Môr-wennol fawr Affrica |