Species

Thalasseus elegans (Elegant tern)

Thalasseus elegans. Photo: (c) Ad Konings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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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.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
        Family: Laridae (Gulls, terns, and skimmers)
        Subfamily: Sterninae (Terns and noddies)
        Genus: Thalasseus (Crested terns)
        Species: Thalasseus elegans (Elegant tern)

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