{"id":682,"date":"2015-05-20T17:14:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T17:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birdingthestrait.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:52:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:52:43","slug":"lesser-crested-tern-in-merja-zerga-morocco-may2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdingthestrait.com\/blog\/lesser-crested-tern-in-merja-zerga-morocco-may2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesser Crested Tern in Merja Zerga (Morocco), May2015."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 600px;\" src=\"https:\/\/birdingthestrait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/17876307916_0d57d771a3_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This weekend, in our visit to the wetlands of Northern Morocco, we had the chance to observe up to 9 Lesser Crested Terns during a boat trip in Merja Zerga.<\/p>\n<p>The Lesser Crested Tern breeds in subtropical coastal parts of the world, mainly from the Red Sea across the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific and Australia, with a single population in the Mediterranean, on two islands off the coast of Libya (Thalasseus bengalensis emigratus).<\/p>\n<p>One of the observed individuals had a white PVC ring evidencing its Libyan origin. This Mediterranean endemic taxa overwinters in the Atlantic coast of North Africa and the Strait of Gibraltar is a regular stopover with most records concentrated in Ceuta and Tarifa, both in spring and autumn. The following link provides a report on the Lesser Crested Tern Libyan ringing scheme, including the picture of a Libyan LC Tern in Tarifa by Yeray Seminario:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/1Sdxeaf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/ift.tt\/1EjPZhu&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, in our visit to the wetlands of Northern Morocco, we had the chance to observe up to 9 Lesser Crested Terns during a boat trip in Merja Zerga. 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