Editing Lesser crested tern (section)

==Conservation==
''T. bengalensis'' is one of the species to which the ''Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds'' ([[AEWA]]) applies, and one of 10 marine bird species listed in Mediterranean marine birds Action Plan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rac-spa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97&Itemid=154|title=Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas|website=www.rac-spa.org|access-date=23 July 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630182824/http://www.rac-spa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97&Itemid=154|archive-date=30 June 2017}}</ref>

In India the Lesser crested tern is protected in the [[PM Sayeed Marine Birds Conservation Reserve]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/961303/lakshadweep-gets-worlds-first-sea-cucumber-conservation-reserve-to-curb-smuggling-into-china|title=Lakshadweep gets world's first sea cucumber conservation reserve to curb smuggling into China|newspaper=Scroll|author=KA Shaji|date=13 May 2020|access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref>

[[Image:Lesser Crested Tern manly.ogg|thumb|300px|left| Manly Marina, SE Queensland, Australia with crested and Caspian terns, silver gulls and pied oystercatcher]]

[[Image:OneSandwichAmongLesserCrestedTerns.jpg|thumb|right| Many lesser crested terns with a solitary Sandwich tern clicked in  [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].]]

[[File:Lesser crested terns at Muzhappilangad beach.jpg|thumb|Lesser crested terns at [[Muzhappilangad beach]]]]

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