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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ	African Skimmer	Chinese Crested Tern
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์	Rynchops flavirostris	Thalasseus bernsteini
อันดับ	Charadriiformes	Charadriiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล	Laridae	Laridae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์	Least Concern	Critically Endangered
ความยาว	—	—
กว้างปีก	66.4 cm (26.1 in)	63.8 cm (25.1 in)
น้ำหนัก	165.66666666666666 g (5.84 oz)	280.0 g (9.88 oz)
อาหาร	--	--
จำนวนไข่	1-5	1
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

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African Skimmer only

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Chinese Crested Tern only

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

African Skimmer

Critically Endangered

Chinese Crested Tern

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About These Birds

African Skimmer

African Skimmer: 36–42 cm, black-and-white skimmer with a long bright orange-yellow bill where the lower mandible is longer than the upper. Flies low over large rivers and lakes, cutting the water surface with the lower bill to catch fish. Resident and partial migrant along large rivers and lakes of sub-Saharan Africa. NT.

Chinese Crested Tern

Chinese Crested Tern is Critically Endangered, fewer than 50 individuals known. Breeding sites on small rocky islands off eastern China; winters in Southeast Asia. Orange bill with yellow tip, black crest. Extremely similar to Greater Crested Tern; often overlooked in mixed colonies. Piscivore; plunge-dives.

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