Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kuifkopsterretjie |
| Arabic | خرشنة بنغالية |
| Asturian | Garrochñn bengalñs |
| Basque | Bengalako txenada |
| Bulgarian | Бенгалска рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac bengalí |
| Chinese | 小鳳頭燕鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 小凤头燕鸥 |
| Croatian | narančastokljuna čigra |
| Czech | rybák oranžovozobý |
| Danish | Bengalsk Terne |
| Dutch | Bengaalse Stern |
| English | Lesser Crested Tern |
| English (United States) | Lesser Crested Tern |
| Finnish | pikkutöyhtötiira |
| French | Sterne voyageuse |
| French (France) | Sterne voyageuse |
| Galician | Carrán bengalí |
| German | Rüppellseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Πορτοκαλόραμφο Γλαρόνι |
| Hebrew | שחפית בנגלית |
| Hungarian | Bengáliai csér |
| Icelandic | Bengalþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut benggala |
| Italian | Sterna di Rueppell |
| Japanese | ベンガルアジサシ |
| Lithuanian | Bengalinė žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | ചെറിയ കടലാള |
| Norwegian | bengalterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی کاکلی کوچک |
| Polish | rybitwa bengalska |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garajau-pequeno |
| Romanian | Chiră bengaleză |
| Russian | Бенгальская крачка |
| Serbian | Bengalska čigra |
| Slovak | rybár prostredný |
| Slovenian | Bengalska čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Bengalí |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán bengalí |
| Swedish | iltärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบหงอนเล็ก |
| Turkish | Tepeli Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок бенгальський |
Thalasseus bengalensis (Lesson, 1831)
PROTONYM:
Sterna bengalensis
Lesson, 1831. Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.8, p.621.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Coasts of India.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- THALASSEUS
- bengalensis
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Scientific name definitions
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 29, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 29, 2017
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.lecter2.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- August 29, 2017
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2017). Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis). 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.
