Elegant tern - Thalasseus elegans

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Thalasseus elegans
Author (Gambel, 1849)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176931
Common Names French: Sterne élégante
English: Elegant Tern
Spanish: Charrán elegante
Portuguese: garajau-elegante
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Thalasseus
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN176931
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    NT (Global)
#records (spatial)397
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets6
Year1976 - 2006
Latitude32.58 - 41.28
Longitude-124.14 - -117.12
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