Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Laroidea > Family Laridae > Subfamily Sterninae > Genus Sterna

Sterna bengalensis Lesson, 1831

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sterna*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Bengaalse Stern sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

English: lesser crested tern sources: Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

French: sterne voyageuse sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Rüppellseeschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Πορτοκαλόραμφο γλαρόνι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: שחפית כתומת-מקור sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ベンガルアジサシ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: bengalinė žuvėdra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: rybitwa bengalska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: крачка хохлатая малая sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: bengalska čigra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: charrán bengalí sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: tepeli sumru sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Крячок бенгальський sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: môr-wennol gribog leiaf

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.