Lesser Crested Tern

base stats

• NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 2,596iNaturalist observations
• weight 209 gadult, up to
• threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

• ✈️No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
• 🌍2,596 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 🪶Weighs only about 209 g.
• 📜Scientifically named by René Lesson in 1831 (195 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Lesser Crested Tern

Nederlands

Bengaalse Stern

scientific name

Thalasseus bengalensis

class

Aves

order

Charadriiformes

family

Laridae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

sightings in NL

0

sightings in Europe

58

sightings worldwide

2,596

GBIF records in NL

18

weight

209 g

length

—

lifespan

—

named

1831 by René Lesson

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.