Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls (Laridae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) is a tern in the family Laridae.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Countries
- Algeria
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Brunei
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Gambia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Kenya
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Saudi Arabia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Tunisia
- United Arab Emirates
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Lesser crested tern
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
