Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
IUCN: Not Evaluated
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Thalasseus
- eBird Code
- royter1
Distribution
breeds coastal southern California and Gulf of California to Sinaloa and Islas Tres Marias, and Atlantic from Virginia southward to Florida, Gulf of Mexico to s Texas, and Caribbean including peripheral islands southeastward to French Guiana, and disjunctly coastal southern Brazil, Uruguay, and east-central Argentina
Vocalizations
harrier · CC_BY_4_0
Linda Pardy · CC_BY_4_0
Dakota Parish · CC_BY_4_0
Andy · CC_BY_4_0
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.