Chinese Crested Tern - BirdForum Opus

Sterna bernsteini

Photo by Mark Bruce
Matsu, Taiwan

Photo by Mark Bruce
Matsu, Taiwan

Identification

36cm. Pale grey mantle, pale grey upperparts and wings, white underparts and rump, black crest, white forked tail, orange, black tipped bill, black legs and feet.

Status

Classified as Critically Endangered in the 2008 IUCN Red List¹.

Distribution

China, wintering in the Philippines.

Taxonomy

Monotypic.

Habitat

Islands

Behaviour

It is a ground nester.

The diet includes fish.

References

1. BirdLife International (2008) Species factsheet: Sterna bernsteini. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 7/8/2008.

Birding in Taiwan

External Links

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Chinese Crested-Tern found in mainland China, 2004 in Xiamen ,fujian,2004 *[1]