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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.
The black-capped chickadee is the state bird of Massachusetts. This list of birds of Massachusetts includes species documented in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and accepted by the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC). As of July 2023, there are 516 species included in the official list. Of them, 194 are on the review list (see below), six have been introduced to North America, three ...
The avian family Laridae comprise the noddies, skimmers, kittiwakes, gulls, and terns. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 104 Laridae species distributed among 22 genera. This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial. Common name Binomial name IOC sequence African skimmer Rynchops ...
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)
Black tern, Chlidonias niger; Large-billed tern, Phaetusa simplex (A) [70] Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii; Common tern, Sterna hirundo; Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea; Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri; Royal tern, Thalasseus maxima; Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis "Cayenne tern", T. s. eurygnathus (A) Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans (A)
Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia; Black tern, Chlidonias niger; White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (R) Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii; Common tern, Sterna hirundo; Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea; Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri; Royal tern, Thalasseus maxima; Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis (R) Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans (R)
Sandwich tern: Thalasseus sandvicensis: Elegant tern: Thalasseus elegans (A) Little tern: Sternula albifrons: Bridled tern: Onychoprion anaethetus (A) Sooty tern: Onychoprion fuscatus (A) Roseate tern: Sterna dougallii: Common tern: Sterna hirundo: Arctic tern: Sterna paradisaea: Forster's tern: Sterna forsteri (A) Whiskered tern: Chlidonias ...