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title: "Bengaalse stern"
description: "Thalasseus bengalensis — Vogels. The lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) is a tern in the family Laridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/lesser-crested-tern
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bengaalse stern

> Thalasseus bengalensis — Vogels. The lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) is a tern in the family Laridae.

- Scientific name: *Thalasseus bengalensis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2538
- Wikidata: [Q18839](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18839)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144543](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144543)

## Names

- en: Lesser Crested Tern
- de: Rüppell-Seeschwalbe
- es: Charrán bengalí
- fr: Sterne voyageuse
- nl: Bengaalse stern
- pt: Gaivina-de-bico-laranja
- pl: Rybitwa bengalska

## Countries with the most observations

IN (674), AU (249), ZA (121), DZ (99), MG (76), TZ (72), ID (59), LK (58), OM (47), AE (45), SA (45), ES (40)

## Summary

The lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) is a tern in the family Laridae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_crested_tern

## Photo

![Bengaalse stern](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-crested-tern/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191735453

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-crested-tern?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).