Burung laut (Seabirds)
Chinese Crested Tern
Thalasseus bernsteini
- mistis
- 45 km/h
- Kritis
Fewer than 50 adults alive. Presumed extinct for 50 years, rediscovered in 2000. Your message is rarer than this bird.
- Populasi
- Fewer than 50 mature individuals (est. 30-49 in 2013), decreasing; total population estimates range from ~100-150 individuals to fewer than 200 individuals.
- Habitat
- Coastal islets and offshore rocky/vegetated islands for breeding (nesting in mixed colonies with Greater Crested Terns); tidal mudflats and pelagic/marine waters for foraging and wintering
- Fakta menarik
- Presumed extinct for 63 years after 1937, the Chinese Crested Tern was dramatically rediscovered in 2000 on the Matsu Islands and remains one of the world's rarest seabirds; in February 2025 one was confirmed in Malaysia for the first time since 1913, revealing a previously unknown wintering range along the East Asian-Australasian flyway.
- Sebaran
- Breeds on a handful of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea (Matsu, Jiushan, Wuzhishan archipelagos off China/Taiwan) with a first breeding record on Yubu-do/South Jeolla Province, South Korea in 2016; winters south along the coasts of the Philippines, Malaysia (first confirmed record since 1913, Sarawak, Feb 2025), Indonesia, and Thailand
- Makanan
- Small marine fish caught by plunge-diving, typically foraging alongside Greater Crested Terns
- Ukuran
- 0,4 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,94 m
- Masa hidup
- 15 tahun
