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	MATSU National Scenic Area
		The Chinese crested tern is the rarest member of the gull family (Laridae).
		Unfortunately for the observers, the four breeding pairs' nesting sites were in amongst those of the greater crested terns, and under these conditions it was very difficult to distinguish how the appearance of their chicks might differ from that of greater crested tern chicks.
		At present, the main summer-resident birds in the Matsu Archipelago include seven species: the bridled tern, the greater crested tern, the roseate tern, the fl-naped tern, the fl-tailed gull, the eastern reef heron and the northern white-rumped swift.
	www.matzu-nsa.gov.tw /english/discover06.asp (893 words)

	OBC \| publications \| Chinese Crested Tern at Chongming Dao
		At 11h27 we saw an adult Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini on exposed mud near the north branch of the Changjian (Yangtze River) in the northern part of the core area of the reserve (31°34'48.7"N 121°55'12.9"E).
		The bird was in non-breeding plumage with an extensive white forehead extending to the centre of the crown, with a fl crest behind.
		This is the first record of Chinese Crested Tern for Chongming Dongtan National Nature Reserve and for Shanghai.
	www.orientalbirdclub.org /publications/basiafeats/chinesecrested.html (375 words)

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	Birding In Taiwan - Chinese Crested Tern
		This photograph of a Chinese Crested Tern (right; fl-tipped yellow-orange bill) with Caspian Terns (Sterna caspia), was taken by Ong Long-shin, on April 17, 1998, at the mouth of the Pachang Hsi (Pachang River), Chiayi County, Taiwan.
		Chinese Crested Tern is a medium sized tern (35–36 cm), a little smaller than Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus, much smaller than Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii, and Caspian Tern Sterna caspia, but larger than Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus.
		It seems quite probable that some Chinese Crested Terns viewed distantly, when the fl tip to the bill would not necessarily be discernible, but which had a white fore crown, may have been passed over as Crested Tern.
	www.birdingintaiwan.com /chinesecrestedtern.htm (2231 words)

	biology - Chinese Crested Tern
		The Chinese Crested Tern (Sterna bernsteini) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae, closely related to Sandwich Tern S.
		From Lesser Crested Tern, which it overlaps in wintering distribution, it can be told by the white rump and paler grey mantle, as well as the fl tip to the bill.
		It is a critically endangered species, previously thought extinct, with a known population of only four pairs rediscovered in 2000, nesting in a Greater Crested Tern colony on an islet in the Matsu Islands, just off the coast of Fujian Province, China, and wintering south to the Philippines.
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Chinese_Crested_Tern (283 words)

	Limosa Holidays - Gallery
		With a world population not known to exceed 10 individuals; Chinese Crested Tern is the world's rarest tern and indeed one of the rarest birds in the world.
		Chinese Crested Tern was though to be extinct until 2000, when four pairs were discovered breeding in a colony of Greater Crested Terns on the Taiwanese occupied island of Matzu, close to the coast of China's Fujian province.
		Until recently, Chinese Crested Tern was believed to be extinct, but was discovered breeding in 2000 on Matzu, a small island under Taiwanese administration, only 8 km from the coast of Fujian province, China.
	www.limosaholidays.co.uk /tripReportDetail.cfm?reportID=212 (11436 words)

	Sandwich Tern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Unlike some of the smaller white terns, it is not very aggressive toward potential predators, relying on the sheer density of the nests (often only 20-30cm apart) and nesting close to other more aggressive species such as Arctic Terns and Black-headed Gulls to avoid predation.
		This is a medium-large tern, 37-43cm long with an 85-97cm wingspan, which is unlikely to be confused within most of its range, although the South American race could be confused with the Elegant Tern.
		Chinese Crested Tern is the most similar to Sandwich, but has a reversal of the bill colour, yellow with a fl tip; it does not overlap in range with Sandwich Tern so confusion is unlikely.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sandwich_Tern (595 words)

	Tern
		The terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily Sterninae of the gull family Laridae.
		Many terns breeding in temperate zones are long-distance migrants, and the Arctic Tern probably sees more daylight than any other creature, since it migrates from its northern breeding grounds to Antarctic waters.
		They are in general medium to large birds, typically with grey or white plumage, often with fl markings on the head.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/te/Tern.html (152 words)

	Bird watching trip report - Chinese Crested Tern - surfbirds.com
		Renting a boat to take us out to the small islands where the terns breed was quite easy as Tung a Hong Kong birder who had been there the previous year gave me the telephone number of a small hotel where he had stayed and who had also helped arrange a boat.
		We could see a number of terns flying around the island and our hopes were raised that the birds would be there this year.
		The upper part of the rock was full of Crested Terns however due to the swell, we could only view the rock from the steep side.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/crested-tern-gt-0804.html (2248 words)

	Sinologists \| Gustaaf Schlegel
		But to Gustaaf's credit is the Chinese Crested Tern, which, though it is named Sterna Bernsteini for his father's other field agent, Gustaaf, in 1863, at the age of 23, was the first to describe.
		His monograph on the Chinese secret society Tyen/Di Hwei or Heaven/Earth Society was published at Batavia in 1866, and was found useful by both the Dutch and British colonial administrations.
		The Chair of Chinese fell vacant after de Groot moved to Berlin in 1912, and was only revived in 1919 with the appointment of Duyvendak.
	www.umass.edu /wsp/sinology/persons/schlegel.html (936 words)

	surfbirds.com - Chinese Crested Tern news
		A species feared extinct, the Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini, has been rediscovered breeding on a small Taiwanese islet.
		The Chinese Crested Tern is a Critically Endangered species, known only from a handful of records during the breeding season on the eastern coast of China (no nests have previously ever been found) and outside the breeding season from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.
		Fishermen from Fukien regularly visit tern colonies in the area to collect eggs for food and it is likely that the birds suffer from disturbance of this nature.
	www.surfbirds.com /news/CCTern.html (298 words)

	BBC News \| SCI/TECH \| Chinese seabird 'returns from extinction'
		Six pairs of Chinese crested terns have been spotted rearing chicks on a tiny islet.
		Ornithologists say the last confirmed sighting of the Chinese crested tern (Sterna bernsteini) was of 21 specimens collected off Shandong in 1937.
		"This is a very exciting discovery, the Chinese crested tern is one of the least known and possibly the rarest seabird in the world," Dr Ian Nisbet, a world authority on terns, told the BBC.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/852849.stm (380 words)

	KingBird Tour News
		Crested Fireback, Large Frogmouth, Rhinoceros and Helmeted Hornbills, Olive-backed and Orange-backed Woodpeckers, Banded and Black-and-yellow Broadbills, Rufous-tailed Shama, White-chested and Horsfield's Babblers, Rufous-chested Flycatcher, and Black Magpie were on hand to enhance the experience.
		The Chinese Crested Tern had been found nesting in these islands two years ago, the first confirmed records in 70 years or so, easing fears that the species might already be extinct.
		The Chinese Crested Terns were in a large colony of Great Crested Terns.
	www.kingbirdtours.com /news.html (3423 words)

	Chinese Crested-Tern - educational resources
		Species Sterna bergii (crested tern or great crested-tern).
		ADW: Sterna bernsteini: Classification: Sterna bernsteini (Chinese crested-tern).
		BIRDCHAT archives -- July 2000, week 5 (#1):..."Almost nothing was known about the Chinese > crested tern apart from a few specimens in > New Zealand and two recent site records.
	animals.mongabay.com /iucn/C/Chinese_Crested-Tern.html (166 words)

	Chinese crested - Chinese Crested Hairless and Powder Puff Information
		Of the several examples of hairless dogs in various parts of the world the Chinese Crested is one of the most unusual in appearance.
		The Chinese Crested Club of Nashville is a non-profit organization dedicated to the welfare of the Chinese Crested breed through education, rescue efforts,
		Hope's Haven-Chinese Crested and Hairless Dog Rescue, Inc. is incorporated in the State of Florida and registered with the Florida Department of Agriculture.
	lookssite.com /lkst/chinese-crested.html (511 words)

	Tern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily (Sterninae) of the gull family Laridae (van Tuinen et al.
		Most terns were formerly treated as belonging into one large genus Sterna, with the other genera being small, but analysis of DNA sequences supports the splitting of Sterna into several smaller genera (see list, below) (del Hoyo et al.
		These results are in disagreement with other molecular and morphological studies (see Paton and Baker, 2006) and are best interpreted to prove an extraordinary amount of molecular convergent evolution between the terns and these waders, or as retention of an ancient genotype.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tern (590 words)

	Where do you want to go birding in China today?
		Influenced by marine monsoon, the various coastal provinces on the south of Liaoning Province are not as rigorous as inlands of Chinese mainland in climatic conditions.
		Rural Chinese are friendly and not at all suspicious of strangers in their rice paddies.
		What is important, however, is the size of the wintering-population of cranes, geese, storks, and other waterbirds that depend on the Chinese bird reserves; and the numerous other birds populations in China that rely on undisturbed mountain forests.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/asiachina.htm (3553 words)

	Birds Korea Checklist
		Crested Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Crested* preferred over Japanese Murrelet, as it occurs regularly in Korean waters and there is no other taxon called Crested Murrelet).
		*Chinese Blackbird Turdus (merula) mandarinus (while allowing that more research needs to be conducted into other taxa in this complex, mandarinus appears sufficiently distinct from western Blackbird in both appearance and vocalizations to merit specific status).
		Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii (specimen lost and possibility must remain that it actually referred to Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini).
	www.birdskorea.org /listupdate2006.asp (1633 words)

	WORLDTWITCH - Asia Bird News - Rare Bird Reports and Birding Information
		Matsu Island: 2002 Update: Ben King reports that several pairs of Chinese Crested Terns were found breeding in 2002.
		Chinese Crested Tern - a brief history, by Andrew Easton.
		Korea Demilitarized Zone (DMZ): This is one of the world's most important conservation areas due to its lack of a human population, with preservation dependent on the perpetual continuation of hostility between North and South Korea.
	www.worldtwitch.com /asia_pacific.htm (4446 words)

	colorarticle6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Other featured birds include the Indian pitta, the pheasant-tailed jacana, and the Chinese crested tern.
		the Chinese crested tern, for example, has a mintage of 3,000, but it is estimated that only about 100 of the real terns remain in the wild.
		Other Asian nations are not left out of the color-enhanced coin market.
	www.chrystawilson.com /colorarticle6.html (294 words)

	Birding In Taiwan
		Landing on the nesting island is not permitted; viewing is from the boat at a safe distance, so that the terns are not disturbed.
		Chinese Crested Tern photos by Chang Shou-Hua, 2000, National Matsu Nature Reserve for Terns, Matsu.
		It was an honour and privilege to be part of the first Taiwanese-organized and led birding tour to Taiwan in March 2003.
	www.birdingintaiwan.com (820 words)

	Chinese Crested Tern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The islet has now been declared a wildlife sanctuary.
		It is possible that other small colonies may yet be found off the Chinese and Taiwanese coasts; migrant birds have been seen near the mouth of the Pachang River.
		Oriental Bird Club - rediscovery of Chinese Crested Tern (with photo)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_Crested_Tern (364 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		Caspian Tern Sterna caspia © Ian Montgomery http://birdway.com.au
		There is always work in progress, which means that there will be additions and improvements from time to time...
		The distribution of the Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus is scattered, numbers fluctuate and they are threatened in many regions.
	www.fatbirder.com /species_and_families/non_passerines/sternidae.html (482 words)

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		The Chinese Crested-tern Sterna bernsteini (Critically Endangered) was rediscovered breeding in Taiwan in 2000, 63 years after it was last reliably reported
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	www.birdlife.org /zoom.html?desc=images/photos/chinese_crested_tern_23_2.html&width=&caption= (60 words)

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		Text :There were apparently more than ten pairs of Sterna bernsteini (Chinese Crested Terns) in 2004 (per JH).
		Text :Short note on the A third Philippine specimen of Chinese Crested-tern Sterna bernsteini by Collar, N.J., can be found in Forktail, Journal of Oriental Ornithology, No.19 August 2003.
		A third Philippine specimen of Chinese Crested-tern Sterna bernsteini
	www.rdb.or.id /viewupd.php?id=61 (162 words)

	Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World - Terns
		I hope this page will become a database of the seabirds of the world and some of the best places to see them.
		Conservation rankings are from the preliminary guidelines set out by BirdLife International and posted to Seabirds Internet discussion group by John Cooper.
		Sterna lorata Peruvian Tern (new candidate for consideration)
	www.oceanwanderers.com /TernsList.html (88 words)

	Chinese Crested Tern - a brief history
		The Chinese Crested Tern has always been rare and little known; further confusion was caused by it being independently described and named twice, first as Sterna bernsteni by Schlegel in 1863, and then S.
		Click here to view BBC News website article - this link will open in a new browser window
		King, Warren B. compiler (1981) Endangered Birds of the World, The ICBP Red Data Book.
	home.clara.net /ammodytes/chinatern.htm (590 words)

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