Editing Lesser crested tern (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Lesser_crested_terns_(Thalasseus_bengalensis)_by_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg
| image_caption = A pair of Lesser crested terns ''Thalasseus bengalensis'' from Akshi Beach, [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Thalasseus bengalensis'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22694561A132560333 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694561A132560333.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Thalasseus
| species = bengalensis
| authority = ([[Rene Primevere Lesson|Lesson]], 1831)
| synonyms = ''Sterna bengalensis'' <small>Lesson, 1831</small>
}}

The '''lesser crested tern''' ('''''Thalasseus bengalensis''''')<ref name=Bridge>Bridge, E. S.; Jones, A. W. & Baker, A. J. (2005). [http://www2.hawaii.edu/~khayes/Journal_Club/summer2006/Bridge_et_al_2005_MPE.pdf A phylogenetic framework for the terns (Sternini) inferred from mtDNA sequences: implications for taxonomy and plumage evolution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720204025/http://www2.hawaii.edu/~khayes/Journal_Club/summer2006/Bridge_et_al_2005_MPE.pdf |date=2006-07-20 }}. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' '''35''': 459–469.</ref> is a [[tern]] in the family [[Laridae]].