Lesser Crested Tern Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Thalasseus bengalensis
Family : Laridae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Indian Lesser Crested Tern
Habitat : Coast
Description : The Lesser Crested Tern is a pale grey waterbird with shaggy black crest on the nape (adult bird length approximately 43 cm, wing 28.5 cm, bill 5.3 cm, tarsus 2.8 cm, tail 13.5 cm). In the breeding season, it looks pale grey from above and pure white from below. It has black forehead, orange to orange-yellow bill.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Chlidonias hybrida
(Whiskered Tern) -
Larus fuscus
(Lesser Black-backed (Heuglin’s) Gull) -
Sterna aurantia
(River Tern) -
Stercorarius pomarinus
(Pomarine Jaeger (Skua)) -
Stercorarius parasiticus
(Arctic (Parasitic) Jaeger (Skua)) -
Thalasseus sandvicensis
(Sandwich Tern) -
Sterna hirundo
(Common Tern) -
Thalasseus bergii
(Great Crested (Swift) Tern) -
Sterna acuticauda
(Black‑bellied Tern) -
Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
(Brown‑headed Gull)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Samiul Mohsanin (Department of Zoology,Jahangirnagar University,Dhaka);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:David Darrell-Lambert(www.xeno-canto.org/David Darrell-Lambert), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Samiul Mohsanin (Department of Zoology,Jahangirnagar University,Dhaka);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:David Darrell-Lambert(www.xeno-canto.org/David Darrell-Lambert), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.