Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Chinese Crested Tern

Thalasseus bernsteini

The Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini) is a 284 g coastal bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

284 g

Habitat

Coastal

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in China, Taiwan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Thailand.

Where to see it: 南汇东滩 (Nanhui Dongtan) (China).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist