Lesser crested tern - Thalasseus bengalensis

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Thalasseus bengalensis
Author (R. Lesson, 1831)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 824139
Common Names French: Sterne voyageuse
Spanish: Charrán bengalí
Portuguese: garajau-pequeno
English: Lesser Crested Tern
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Thalasseus
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Thalasseus bengalensis bengalensis
Subspecies: Thalasseus bengalensis emigratus
Subspecies: Thalasseus bengalensis torresii
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN824139
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
#records (spatial)62
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets1
Year2004
Latitude-13.27 - -12.37
Longitude44.79 - 45.37
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