Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
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 ...
A large number of rare vagrant birds have been recorded at Dawlish Warren, including elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans), lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis), long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix), greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii), semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus), cream-coloured courser (Cursorius cursor ...
Rasa Island is an important nesting site for Heermann's gull, elegant tern, American oystercatcher, Craveri's murrelet, and brown pelican. Heermann's gull and elegant tern are estimated to reach 260 thousand and 200 thousand respectively which accounts for about 95% of the total world population of that species.
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 ...
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) A – breeding summer visitor Cabot's tern (Thalasseus acuflavida) A – rare vagrant Elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans) A – rare vagrant Little tern (Sternula albifrons) A – breeding summer visitor Least tern (Sternula antillarum) A – rare vagrant Aleutian tern (Onychoprion aleutica) A – rare ...
Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 (V) South American tern, Sterna hirundinacea Lesson, RP, 1831 (H) Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834 (V) Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans (Gambel, 1849) NT; Snowy-crowned tern, Sterna trudeaui Audubon, 1838 (UN)(V) [6] Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787)