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Greater Crested Tern (Grote Kuifstern)




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Greater Crested Tern (Swift Tern) - Thalasseus bergii - Grote Kuifstern
Coasts of South and East-Africa to South-Pacific.

The following 4 subspecies are being recognized:
Thalasseus bergii bergii - Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique;
Thalasseus bergii thalassinus - Tanzania, Madagascar to Mascarenes and Chagos Archipelago. Winters to South-Somalia;
Thalasseus bergii velox - Red Sea and Northwest-Somalia to Myanmar and West-Sumatra;
Thalasseus bergii cristatus - East-China to West-, North- and East-Australia, Ryukyu and Tuamotu Islands.

Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.


Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii cristatus
Greater Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii cristatus		 Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii cristatus
Greater Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii cristatus		 Gull and Tern roost
Gull and Tern roost		 Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii bergii
Greater Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii bergii
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