Lesser Crested Tern (species: Sterna bengalensis) in ALA: Lizard Island (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Sterna bengalensis
Lesser Crested Tern


©Ceri Pearce: Lesser Crested Tern at Bird Islet, Lizard Island Group. The bird in the background is a Crested Tern.

©Ceri Pearce: A single Lesser Crested Tern (at right) with three Crested Terns at Bird Islet, Lizard Island Group

©Anne Hoggett: Lesser Crested Tern at Cod Hole near Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Sternidae
Genus Sterna
Species Sterna bengalensis
Status unspecified

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Colours

                   

Distinguishing features

White below and around back of neck, grey above, a bright orange bill. Head has a black cap with a short shaggy crest at the nape.

Size

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Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

Synonyms

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Comments

The scientific name is not accepted by Integrated Taxonomic Information System
by Gaia Guide

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Behaviour

Nests at Eagle Island in summer in association with Crested Terns (Domm, 1977).

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References

  • Blaber, S.J.M., D.A. Milton, M.J. Farmer and G.C. Smith (1998). Seabird breeding populations on the far northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia: Trends and influences, Emu, 98: 44-57. LIRS catalog number 662.
  • Blaber, S.J.M., D.A. Milton, G.C. Smith and M.J. Farmer (1995). Trawl discards in the diets of tropical seabirds of the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 127: 1-13. LIRS catalog number 433.
  • Domm, S. (1977). Sea birds and waders of the Lizard Island area, The Sunbird, 8: 1-8. LIRS catalog number 4.
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