Chinese Crested Tern
Thalasseus bernsteini(Schlegel, H, 1864)
English (US) Chinese Crested Tern
The Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini) 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 very locally islets off coastal eastern China and southwestern South Korea; winter range poorly known but mainly coastal southeastern China, Taiwan, northern Philippines, and coastal Seram (southern Moluccas); very rareRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Thalasseus bernsteini
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Chinese Crested Tern
- Described by
- (Schlegel, H, 1864)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sterna bernsteini
- Described by
- (Schlegel, H, 1864)
- Type locality
- Kaou, eastern coast of Halmahera.
- Original description
- Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement livr.5 Sternae no.24 p.9
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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