Elegant Tern

Thalasseus elegans

IUCN: Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Thalasseus
eBird Code: eleter1

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

AviList 2025 eBird (eleter1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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