Tern, Crested
Thalasseus bergii
![](https://cqclandcarenetwork.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/TERN-CRESTED_23-RW-VIC-CR-SEAFORTH.jpg)
![](https://cqclandcarenetwork.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/TERN-CRESTED_55-MS-BALL-BAY.jpg)
Size : 43-48cm
Habitat: Exposed ocean beaches or sheltered embayments, such as bays, harbours, inlets, estuaries and lagoons.
Mainly eats fish and occasionally prawns and squid.
My Tern – A pocket guide to the terns of Australia, Birdlife Australia
Classifications: | Bird, water and shoreline |
Family: | Laridae (Gulls, Terns & Skimmers) |
Information sources: | Photo taken at Seaforth by Robert Werner |