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The elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans) is a tern in the family Laridae. It breeds on the Pacific coasts of the southern United States and Mexico and winters south to Peru , Ecuador and Chile . This species breeds in very dense colonies on coasts and islands, including Isla Rasa [ 2 ] and Montague Island (Mexico) , [ 3 ] and exceptionally inland ...
Download QR code File; File history; File usage ... Range map of Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans). ... Source: Adapted from: Elegant Tern.Gary P. Burness, Kara L ...
Thalasseus, the crested terns, is a genus of eight species of medium-large to large terns in the family Laridae.. The species have a worldwide distribution in temperate and tropical seas, mostly between about 43° N and S latitude, but to 60° N in the warm waters of the North Atlantic Current in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean; they do not occur in colder arctic or antarctic waters.
Terns range in size from the least tern, at 23 cm (9.1 in) in length and weighing 30–45 g (1.1–1.6 oz), [1] [2] to the Caspian tern at 48–56 cm (19–22 in), 500–700 g (18–25 oz). [3] [4] They are longer-billed, lighter-bodied, and more streamlined than gulls, and their long tails and long narrow wings give them an elegance in flight ...
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In parts of its range, the royal tern could be confused with the elegant tern, but the elegant tern has a longer but slenderer, more curved, bill, and shows more white on the forehead in winter. Vagrants in Europe need careful documentation to distinguish them from the same-sized West African crested tern , which has also been recorded in Europe.