West African Crested Tern
Thalasseus albididorsalis(Hartert, EJO, 1921)
English (US) West African Crested Tern
The West African Crested Tern (Thalasseus albididorsalis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Laridae (Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds coastal Mauritania to Guinea; winters to Morocco and NamibiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- West African Crested Tern
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1921)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sterna maxima albididorsalis
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1921)
- Type locality
- Bale du Levrier, Cape Blanco, Morocco.
- Original description
- Die Vögel der paläarktischen Fauna. Systematische Übersicht der in Europa, Nord-Asien und der Mittelmeerregion vorkommenden Vögel 2 p.1698
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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