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• Lesser_Crested_Tern abstract "The Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis, syn. Sterna bengalensis - see Bridge et al., 2005) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds in subtropical coastal parts of the world mainly from the Red Sea across the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific, and Australia, with a significant population on the southern coast of the Mediterranean on two islands off the Libyan coast. Accidental breeding has also been reported in Italy and France. The Australian birds are probably sedentary, but other populations are migratory, wintering south to South Africa.This bird has a number of geographical subspecies, differing mainly in size and minor plumage details: T. b. emigrata: breeding in the Mediterranean on islands off the coast of Libya, wintering West Africa. Pale grey above (only marginally darker than Sandwich Tern); slightly larger. T. b. bengalensis: northern Indian Ocean, wintering to South Africa. Medium-dark grey above; slightly smaller. T. b. torresii: Indonesia south to Queensland, Australia, wintering in the same area (birds breeding in the Persian Gulf are also often given as this race). Dark grey above; slightly larger.The Mediterranean race is a rare vagrant to Europe, and has bred in pure or mixed pairs (with Sandwich Tern) in Italy, Spain and England.This species breeds in dense colonies on coasts and islands. It nests in a ground scrape and lays one to two (rarely three) eggs. Nesting behaviour is very similar to that of Sandwich Terns, with predator avoidance by nesting in very dense colonies, and also (in race emigrata at least) by nesting in the late summer when predatory Yellow-legged Gulls have finished breeding and departed from the nesting area.Like all Thalasseus terns, Lesser Crested Tern feeds by plunge-diving for fish, usually from saline environments. It usually dives directly, and not from the "stepped-hover" favoured by Arctic Tern. The offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display.This is a medium-large tern, very similar in size and general appearance to its three very close relatives Sandwich Tern, Elegant Tern and Chinese Crested Tern. The summer adult has a black cap, black legs and a long sharp orange bill. The upperwings, rump and central tail feathers are grey and the underparts white. The primary flight feathers darken during the summer. In winter, the forehead becomes white. The call is a loud grating noise like Sandwich Tern.The grey rump is a useful flight identification feature distinguishing it from the related species. The Elegant Tern also differs in a slightly longer, slenderer bill, while Chinese Crested Tern differs in a black tip to the bill and Sandwich Tern a black bill with a yellow tip.Juvenile Lesser Crested Terns resemble same-age Sandwich Terns, but with a yellow-orange bill, and paler overall, with only faint dark crescents on the mantle feathers.There are two other orange-billed terns within the range of this species, Royal Tern and Greater Crested Tern. Both are much larger and stouter-billed; Royal also has a white rump and tail, while Crested (which shares the grey rump) is darker overall above and has a yellower bill. See also Orange-billed tern.T. bengalensis is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies, and one of 10 marine bird species listed in Mediterranean marine birds Action Plan http://www.rac-spa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97&Itemid=154.".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern binomialAuthority Ren%C3%A9_Primev%C3%A8re_Lesson.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern class Bird.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern conservationStatus "LC".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern conservationStatusSystem "IUCN3.1".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern family Tern.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern genus Thalasseus.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern kingdom Animal.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern order Charadriiformes.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern phylum Chordate.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern synonym "Sterna bengalensis (Lesson, 1831)".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern thumbnail Lesser-crested_Tern_bribie_oct02.jpg?width=300.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern wikiPageExternalLink 325.pdf.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern wikiPageExternalLink index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97&Itemid=154..
• Lesser_Crested_Tern wikiPageExternalLink Bridge_et_al_2005_MPE.pdf.
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• Lesser_Crested_Tern wikiPageRevisionID "588124691".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern binomial "Thalasseus bengalensis".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern classis Bird.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern familia Tern.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern genus "Thalasseus".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern hasPhotoCollection Lesser_Crested_Tern.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern name "Lesser Crested Tern".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern ordo Charadriiformes.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern phylum Chordate.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern regnum "Animalia".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern species "T. bengalensis".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern status "LC".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern statusSystem "IUCN3.1".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern synonyms "Sterna bengalensis (Lesson, 1831)".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern subject Category:Birds_of_Europe.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern subject Category:Birds_of_Pakistan.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern subject Category:Birds_of_Turkey.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern subject Category:Birds_of_Western_Australia.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern subject Category:Birds_of_Western_Sahara.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern subject Category:Thalasseus.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern type Animal100015388.
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• Lesser_Crested_Tern type BirdsOfEurope.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern type BirdsOfPakistan.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern type BirdsOfTurkey.
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• Lesser_Crested_Tern type Animal.
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• Lesser_Crested_Tern type Eukaryote.
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• Lesser_Crested_Tern comment "The Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis, syn. Sterna bengalensis - see Bridge et al., 2005) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds in subtropical coastal parts of the world mainly from the Red Sea across the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific, and Australia, with a significant population on the southern coast of the Mediterranean on two islands off the Libyan coast. Accidental breeding has also been reported in Italy and France.".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern label "Lesser Crested Tern".
• Lesser_Crested_Tern sameAs 9948.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern sameAs m.01_th8.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern sameAs Lesser_Crested_Tern.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern wasDerivedFrom Lesser_Crested_Tern?oldid=588124691.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern depiction Lesser-crested_Tern_bribie_oct02.jpg.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern isPrimaryTopicOf Lesser_Crested_Tern.
• Lesser_Crested_Tern name "Lesser Crested Tern".