West African Crested Tern / Thalasseus albididorsalis NE
- Synonyms West African Royal Tern, Royal Tern (African)
West African Crested Ternbird sounds *
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
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Where to see West African Crested Tern
- 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
- 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
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- Western Sahara
Species Name in Other Languages
| 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 | Afrikaanse Koningsstern, Koningsstern (Afrikaans) |
| Esperanto | Afrika reĝa ŝterno |
| Finnish | kuningastiira (albididorsalis) |
| French | Sterne d’Afrique, Sterne d'Afrique, Sterne royale (forme d'Afrique), Sterne royale (albididorsalis), Sterne royale (Afrique), Sterne royal d'Afrique |
| Frisian | Afrikaanske keningstirns |
| Galician | Carrán real africano, Carrán real (albididorsalis) |
| German | Afrikanische Königsseeschwalbe, Königsseeschwalbe (albididorsalis), 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 | Afrička ćubasta čigra, Kraljevska čigra (albididorsalis) |
| Slovak | rybár kráľovský (skup.), rybár kráľovský |
| Spanish | Charrán real, Charrán Real (albididorsalis), Charrán real africano, Charrán Real (africano) |
| Swedish | guineatärna, kungstärna (albididorsalis) |
| Turkish | Batı Afrika Sumrusu, Kral Sumru (albididorsalis) |
| Ukrainian | Крячок (королівський) африканський, крячок африканський |
| Welsh | Môr-wennol fawr Affrica |