Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (44)
- Subspecies (3)
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 29, 2017
Text last updated August 29, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kuifkopsterretjie |
| Arabic | خرشنة بنغالية |
| Asturian | Garrochñn bengalñs |
| Basque | Bengalako txenada |
| Bulgarian | Малка жълтоклюна рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac bengalí |
| Chinese | 小鳳頭燕鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 小凤头燕鸥 |
| Croatian | narančastokljuna čigra |
| Czech | rybák oranžovozobý |
| Danish | Bengalsk Terne |
| Dutch | Bengaalse Stern |
| English | Lesser Crested Tern |
| English (United States) | Lesser Crested Tern |
| Finnish | pikkutöyhtötiira |
| French | Sterne voyageuse |
| French (France) | Sterne voyageuse |
| Galician | Carrán bengalí |
| German | Rüppellseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Πορτοκαλόραμφο Γλαρόνι |
| Hebrew | שחפית בנגלית |
| Hungarian | Bengáli csér |
| Icelandic | Bengalþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut benggala |
| Italian | Sterna di Rueppell |
| Japanese | ベンガルアジサシ |
| Lithuanian | Bengalinė žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | ചെറിയ കടലാള |
| Norwegian | bengalterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی کاکلی کوچک |
| Polish | rybitwa bengalska |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garajau-pequeno |
| Romanian | Chiră bengaleză |
| Russian | Бенгальская крачка |
| Serbian | Bengalska čigra |
| Slovak | rybár prostredný |
| Slovenian | Bengalska čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Bengalí |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán bengalí |
| Swedish | iltärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบหงอนเล็ก |
| Turkish | Tepeli Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок бенгальський |
| Zulu | ukliyo |
Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, 1831)
PROTONYM:
Sterna bengalensis
Lesson, 1831. Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.8, p.621.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Coasts of India.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- THALASSEUS
- bengalensis
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Lesser Crested Tern
