Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
AVES
Family
LARIDAE
Genus
Thalasseus
Species
bergii
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Crested Tern
Alternate name
Is historical
False
QLD
Special Least Concern
NSW
EPBC
Migratory
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
True
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Common
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Widespread coastal species found on exposed ocean beaches or in sheltered embayments
Known location
Tallebudgera Creek, Burleigh Heads, Southport Spit, Currumbin Beach, Tallebudgera Creek EP, Tugun Be
Other locality
The common large tern on the Gold Coast.
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
False
Estuarine
True
Marine
True
General ecology
Seashores, estuaries, rivers.
Specific ecology
Habitat
Habitat comment
Common along seashores.
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Description
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations