Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Thalasseus
 
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Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii

Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, David Christie, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published August 30, 2017

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

Recommended Citation

Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, G. M. Kirwan, D. A. Christie, and E. F. J. Garcia (2017). Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved from Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: https://birdsoftheworld.org/hbw/species/grcter1/1.0