Great Crested-Tern 大凤头燕鸥

Order : Charadriiformes 鸻形目

Family : Laridae 鸥科
Genus : Thalasseus 凤头燕属

Binomial name : Thalasseus bergii

Great Crested-Tern
大凤头燕鸥

Size: 35~49cm

Habitat: Open seas, coasts, mud and sandflats, islets.

Breeding: breed in the area from South Africa around the Indian Ocean to the central Pacific and Australia
Status: Migrant
Alternate name: Swift Tern
lifer: Sep2019 . Mersing Beach @ Johor

Great Crested-Tern

lifer Sep2019 . Mersing Beach @ Johor

Great Crested-Tern

20211009 . Sungai Janggut @ Selangor

Great Crested-Tern

Dec2021 . Mersing @ Johor

Great Crested-Tern

Dec2021 . Mersing @ Johor

Great Crested-Tern

Dec2021 . Teluk Air Tawar @ Penang

Great Crested-Tern

Mar2022 . Teluk Air Tawar @ Penang

Great Crested-Tern (breeding plumage)

Mar2022 . Teluk Air Tawar @ Penang

Great Crested-Tern

Oct2022 . Tg.Gemuk offshore @ Pahang

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Great Crested-Tern (breeding plumage)

20230318 . Teluk Air Tawar @ Penang

Great Crested-Tern

Sep2023 . Semporna offshore @ Sabah

Lesser Crested-Tern (left bird), Greater Crested-Tern (right bird)

20231117 . Sekinchan Coastal @ Selangor

Greater Crested-Tern

20231117 . Sekinchan Coastal @ Selangor