Charadriiformes / Laridae / Thalasseus
Elegant Tern
Thalasseus elegans
IUCN: Near Threatened
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Thalasseus
Distribution
breeds islands off southwestern California and Baja California and Gulf of California (northwestern Mexico); post-breeding dispersal to coastal northern California, and wintering southward along Pacific coast to central Chile
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.
