Chinese crested tern

Chinese crested tern
A Chinese crested tern among greater crested terns
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Thalasseus
Species:
T. bernsteini
Binomial name
Thalasseus bernsteini
(Schlegel, 1863)
Synonyms

Sterna bernsteini
Sterna zimmermanni Reichenow, 1903
Thalasseus zimmermanni

The Chinese crested tern (Thalasseus bernsteini) is a tern in the family Laridae. It is the county bird of Lienchiang County, Fuchien.

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