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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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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Near Threatened

Synonyms: Sterna elegans.


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 384056
  Adult
Desembocadura del Río Cañete
Lima
Peru
02/16/2020
Rutger Koperdraad
Foto
Photography ID: 184358
  Adult
Pantanos de Villa
Lima
Peru
01/07/2017
Rutger Koperdraad
Foto
Photography ID: 171398
  Adult
Lima
Lima
Peru
12/13/2006
Alec Earnshaw
Foto
Photography ID: 140585
  Adult
Asia
Lima
Peru
02/20/2016
Rutger Koperdraad
Foto
Photography ID: 84885
  Adult
Cañete
Lima
Peru
02/04/2015
Darwin Garcia Bautista
Foto
Photography ID: 82916
  Adult
Cañete
Lima
Peru
02/15/2015
Rutger Koperdraad



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
119917816/02/2020PeruLimaDesembocadura del Río CañeteRutger Koperdraad
118299525/01/2020PeruLimaRefugio de Vida Silvestre Pantanos de VillaRutger Koperdraad
105485519/11/2018PeruLimaRefugio de Vida Silvestre Los Pantanos de Villa35Julian Quillen Vidoz
74870621/04/2018PeruLimaPantanos de Villa, LimaRutger Koperdraad
71239811/03/2018PeruLimaPantanos de VillaRutger Koperdraad
70189118/02/2018PeruLimaPlaya Sarapampa, AsiaRutger Koperdraad
69349828/01/2018PeruLimaRefugio de Vida Silvestre Pantanos de Villa18Juan Chalco
52465607/01/2017PeruLimaPantanos de VillaRutger Koperdraad
40882220/02/2016PeruLimaPlaya Sarapampa, AsiaRutger Koperdraad
24154515/02/2015PeruLimaPlaya Sarapampa, CañeteRutger Koperdraad
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 16/03/2026.