Greater Crested Tern

Thalasseus bergii (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823) — also called Great Crested Tern, Swift Tern, Crested Tern. Occurrence records of the Greater Crested Tern are shared on GBIF from around 72 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Marcus Island Marine Protected Area (6 932 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernLaridae

72reserves with records

32 013records around them

4provinces

LCIUCN category

Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii) — Photo: mattf1996 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	6 932
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	3 252
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2 542
Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 778
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	1 394
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 019
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	955
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	901
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	880
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	857
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	856
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	527
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	480
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	462
SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	461
Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	461
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	448
Koeberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	446
Virginia Bush Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	403
Umhlanga LagoonProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	376
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	343
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	338
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	335
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	327
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	326
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	326
Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	300
Burman BushProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	286
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	264
Gonubie Mouth Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	249
Gonubie Bird Sanctuary NPOWildlife sanctuary	EC Eastern Cape	249
Beachwood Mangrove Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	245
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	234
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	224
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	219
Umdoni Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	199
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	181
Woody Cape Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	154
Nkomba Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	133
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	132
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	103
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	102
Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	101
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	98
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	91
Jukani Predator ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	82
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	77
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	73
Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	69
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	61
Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	61
Stilbaai Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	57
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	53
Morris point / Uitkyk puntNature reserve	WC Western Cape	51
Goukamma Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	45
Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	44
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	34
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	32
Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	29
Sardinia Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	29

and 12 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 48 reserves
Eastern Cape: 12 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 11 reserves
Northern Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Scientific name: Thalasseus bergii
GBIF taxon: 5789283
Wikidata: Q18866

More of the Laridae family

Kelp Gull Grey-headed Gull Hartlaub's Gull Common Tern Caspian Tern Sandwich Tern Whiskered Tern White-winged Tern Antarctic Tern Little Tern Damara Tern

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.