Lesser Crested Tern

Order - Charadriiformes
Family - Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

Lesser Crested Tern

Thalasseus bengalensis

小凤头燕鸥 (xiǎo fèng-tóu yàn-ōu)

    Malay : Camar Berjambul Kecil

    Japanese : ベンガルアジサシ (bengaru ajisashi)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : ベンガル鯵刺

    Size : 35–43 cm; 185–242 g; Wingspan 88–105 cm

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Thalasseus bengalensis emigratus (Neumann, 1934)
  – Libya, with scattered, irregular breeding in S Europe; most winter along W African coasts.
• Thalasseus bengalensis bengalensis (Lesson, 1831)
  – Red Sea, and coasts and islands of NW Indian Ocean (mainly Pakistan, Laccadives and Maldives); winters S to S Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka.
• Thalasseus bengalensis torresii (Gould, 1843)
  – Sulawesi to New Guinea and N Australia; in winter extends into N Indian and SW Pacific Oceans.

    Also breeds (possibly emigratus) in Persian Gulf.

Thalasseus bengalensis ssp. bengalensis
Date : 11 November 2018

Location : Bagan Sungai Burung, Daerah Bagan Datuk, Perak