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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 ...
The elegant tern is so categorised because 95% of the population breeds on one island, Isla Rasa in the Gulf of California, and the Kerguelen tern has a population of less than 5,000 adults breeding on small and often stormy islands in the southern Indian Ocean.
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.
The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Texas. The list of birds of Texas is the official list of species recorded in the U.S. state of Texas according to the Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) of the Texas Ornithological Society. As of January 2024, the list contained 664 species. Of them, 170 are considered review species. Eight species were introduced to Texas, two are known to be ...
Large-billed tern, Phaetusa simplex (H) Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica (V) Inca tern, Larosterna inca; Black tern, Chlidonias niger (V) Common tern, Sterna hirundo; Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea; South American tern, Sterna hirundinacea; Antarctic tern, Sterna vittata (H) Snowy-crowned tern, Sterna trudeaui; Elegant tern, Thalasseus ...
Royal tern. Gulls are seabirds although some are found on freshwater. They have hooked bills and some have hoods or caps on their heads. Terns were formerly placed in a family of their own, Sternidae, but now they are commonly placed along with gulls and skimmers in Laridae. Their bills are straighter than those of gulls.
Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia; Black tern, Chlidonias niger; White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (R) Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii (R) Common tern, Sterna hirundo; Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea (R) Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri; Royal tern, Thalasseus maximus; Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis; Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans (A)
Least tern, Sternula antillarum (n) Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica (A) Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia; Black tern, Chlidonias niger; Common tern, Sterna hirundo; Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea (A) Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri; Royal tern, Thalasseus maximus (A) Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans (A) Black skimmer, Rynchops niger (A)