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Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Scientific name definitions

Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 29, 2017

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Distribution of the Lesser Crested Tern - Range Map
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Distribution of the Lesser Crested Tern

Recommended Citation

Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.lecter2.01
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