CHINESE CRESTED TERN

The following excellent photographs of this critically endangered species were taken by Chung-Han Wu  at the Matsu Islands, in the Taiwan Strait. These photos are ©Chung-Han Wu and cannot be used for commercial publication without permission (contact in the first instance tony_pym@hotmail.com)

Note paler mantle of Chinese Crested Tern (Sterna bernsteini) compared to Crested (Swift) Tern (S. bergii)