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Elegant Tern

Thalasseus elegans
(Gambel, W, 1849)
Gaviotín Elegante
Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Ecuador

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Near Threatened

Synonyms: Sterna elegans.


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Photography ID: 223654
♂ ♀ Salinas
Santa Elena
Ecuador
11/17/2004
Jairo Alberto García Giraldo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
37950322/12/2015EcuadorSanta ElenaPuntilla de Santa Elean, RemacopseEnzo Reyes B.
37954619/12/2015EcuadorSanta ElenaAyangue-san Pedro-el Suspiro(loma Alta)Enzo Reyes B.
38214608/12/2015EcuadorSanta ElenaMar Bravo, Picinas de EcuasalEnzo Reyes B.
25893615/03/2015EcuadorSanta ElenaMar BravoJulián Alfredo Pérez Correa
22148404/01/2015EcuadorSanta ElenaEn la Playa, San PabloJulián Alfredo Pérez Correa
22147104/01/2015EcuadorSanta ElenaCerca de la comunidad Chuyuipe, BallenitaJulián Alfredo Pérez Correa
20606303/12/2014EcuadorSanta ElenaLa Chocolatera, RemacopseEnzo Reyes B.
63208517/11/2004EcuadorSanta ElenaPlaya de Salinas, SalinasJairo Alberto García Giraldo
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 14/03/2026.