Species profile
Chinese Crested Tern
Thalasseus bernsteini
Quick answer
Coastal e China; winters to Thailand, Borneo and Moluccas
- Scientific name
- Thalasseus bernsteini
- Family
- Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Thalasseus
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered
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