Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Elegant Tern

Thalasseus elegans

The Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) is a 260 g coastal bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

260 g

Habitat

Coastal

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

17

Recorded in United States, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, Spain, Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, France, United Kingdom, Colombia, Canada, South Africa.

Where to see it: Río Lluta · Desembocadura (Chile); SN Humedal Río Maipo · Desembocadura (Chile); Bocana Río Jiboa (El Salvador); Refugio de Vida Silvestre Los Pantanos de Villa · Laguna Costera y Playa Marvilla (Peru); Estero Mantagua (Chile).

Photo: (c) Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist