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Greater Crested Tern, Potter Point, New South Wales, Australia, April 2025.

Rhyll Inlet, Vic.
Bunurong Country

Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)

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Eilseeschwalbe (Thalasseus bergii)
(c) Matthias Naupold

This bird made a great show of its catch to others in the group. On the beach at Guilderton.

Swift Tern (Thalasseus bergii) seen on a cruise around Walvis Bay in Namibia.

Rocks near South Point Wilsons Prom.
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Greater Crested Tern, Muscat, Oman, January 2025.

Greater Crested Tern, Ash Shuwaymiyyah, Oman, January 2025.

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The greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii), also called crested tern or swift tern, is a tern in the family Laridae that nests in dense colonies on coastlines and islands in the tropical and subtropical Old World. The terns, family Sternidae, are small to medium-sized seabirds closely related to the gulls, skimmers and skuas. They are gull-like in appearance, but typically have a lighter build, long pointed wings (which give them a fast, buoyant flight), a deeply forked tail and short legs. Most species are grey above and white below, and have a black cap that is reduced or flecked with white in the winter. Its five subspecies breed in the area from South Africa around the Indian Ocean to the central Pacific and Australia, all populations dispersing widely from the breeding range after nesting. This large tern is closely related to the royal and lesser crested terns, but can be distinguished by its size and bill colour. The greater crested tern has grey upperparts, white underparts, a yellow bill, and a shaggy black crest that recedes in winter. Its young have a distinctive appearance, with strongly patterned grey, brown and white plumage, and rely on their parents for food for several months after they have fledged. Like all members of the genus Thalasseus, the greater crested tern feeds by plunge diving for fish, usually in marine environments; the male offers fish to the female as part of the courtship ritual. This is an adaptable species that has learned to follow fishing boats for jettisoned bycatch, and to use unusual nest sites such as the roofs of buildings and artificial islands in salt pans and sewage works. Its eggs and young are taken by gulls and ibises, and human activities such as fishing, shooting and egg harvesting have caused local population declines. There are no global conservation concerns for this bird, which has a stable total population of more than 500,000 individuals. 21251

Bergiusterne, Sterna bergii, Swift Tern, Thalasseus bergiig

Great Crested Tern, Muscat, Oman, January 2025.

Great Crested Tern, Muscat, Oman, January 2025.

Greater Crested Tern, Crested Tern, Swift Tern, Thalasseus bergii cristatus, 46 - 49 cm. / 18 - 19.5 in. COMMON in warm tropical coastal habitat and usually breeds in colonies on islands,

Great Ocean Road, New South Wales, Australia.

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Thalasseus bergii
Above Snorkelling on Moorea, French Polynesia.

Thalasseus bergii
Moorea, French Polynesia

Thalasseus bergii
Moorea, French Polynesia

Thalasseus bergii
Moorea, French Polynesia

Thalasseus bergii
Moorea, French Polynesia