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Lesser crested tern

Birds

The lesser crested tern is a tern in the family Laridae, found across subtropical coastal regions from the Red Sea across the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific and Australia, with a further population off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean. It is a medium to large bird, 35 to 43 centimeters long with a wingspan of 88 to 105 centimeters, showing a black cap and legs and a long, sharp orange bill in summer, a grey rump and central tail feathers against white underparts, and a white forehead in winter. Its conservation status is Least Concern. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Piscivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Thalasseus bengalensis 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Laridae, Taxa
Source Lesser crested tern (Wikidata)
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Africa

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Australasia

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Australia

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Norway

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South Asia

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Spain

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Sources
1. Lesser crested tern (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    The lesser crested tern is a tern in the family Laridae, found across subtropical coastal regions from the Red Sea across the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific and Australia, with a further population off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean.
  • Description
    Like all Thalasseus terns, lesser crested tern feeds by plunge-diving for fish, usually from saline environments.
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2. Lesser crested tern (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q18839 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Laridae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Aves","language":"ES"},{"name":"Birds","language":"EN"},{"name":"Oiseaux","language":"FR"},{"name":"鸟纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Laridae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 480
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 480
"cites_listing":"I/NC","eu_listing":"A/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":"Charadriiformes","family":"Laridae"},"synonyms":[{"id":35007,"full_name":"Gelochelidon nilotica","author_year":"(Gmelin, 1789)","rank":"SPECIES"},{"id":33900,"full_name":"Hydroprogne tschegrava","author_year":"(Lepechin, 1770)","rank":"SPECIES"}],"common_names":[{"name":"Mouette Relique","language":"FR"},{"name":"Gull","language":"EN"},{"name":"Gaviotas, Charranges","language":"ES"},{"name":"鸥科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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