Chinese Crested Tern flying in to nest with Greater Crested Terns, China Sea
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Description: Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini flying in to join its chick and mate (right edge) in a Greater Crested Tern T. bergii colony on Tiedun Dao islet in the East China Sea off Zhejiang. OSU research is helping to restore Chinese Crested Terns to the Jiushan Islands in China. The birds were recently presumed extinct but new colonies have been discovered. Date: 15 August 2014, 16:07. Source: terns0333. Author: Oregon State University. Camera location29° 23′ 04.73″ N, 122° 12′ 59.39″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 29.384648; 122.216496.
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- Thalasseus bernsteini (Chinese Crested Tern)
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