Chinese crested tern  (Sterna bernsteini)

Authentication

Authenticated (23/10/2006) by Jo Ann MacKenzie, Chair of Friends of Taiwan Association (Canada West), and Executive Secretary of the International Taiwan Birding Association (Canada).
http://www.birdingintaiwan.com

Glossary

Pelagic: Inhabiting the open oceans.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Gochfeld, M. and Burger, J. (1996) Family Sternidae (Terns). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
  3. Global Register of Migratory Species (May, 2008)
    http://www.groms.de
  4. BirdLife International (April, 2006)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3264&m=0
  5. Birding in Taiwan: International Taiwan Birding Association (April, 2006)
    http://www.birdingintaiwan.com/chinesecrestedtern.htm
  6. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  7. BBC News: Chinese seabird ‘returns from extinction' (April, 2006)
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/852849.stm