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Great Crested Tern
former Greater Crested Tern according to Clements 2023, cp. https://science.ebird.org/en/use-ebird-data/the-ebird-taxonomy/2023-ebird-taxonomy-update
The greater crested tern is a tern in the family Laridae that nests in dense colonies on coastlines and islands in the tropical and subtropical Old World. 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.
Similar species: Shorebirds And Allies
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Uploaded Dec 18, 2023. Captured Nov 11, 2023 19:15 in F3C8+C5 Al Khaluf, Oman.
