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Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini Scientific name definitions

Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Eduardo de Juana, Christopher J. Sharpe, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 30, 2017

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

Recommended Citation

Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, E. de Juana, C. J. Sharpe, G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini), 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.chcter2.01
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