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    Species Accepted

    Thalasseus elegans (Gambel, 1849)

    IUCNNear Threatened

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 2 countries or islands

      2 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      37 results
      Aztekerterne Danish
      Aztekterne dnj
      Charrán elegante Spanish
      Elegant Tern English
      Elegante Sterretjie Afrikaans
      Gaviotín Spanish
      Guhkesnjunčearret Northern Sami
      Kaliforniya Sumrusu Turkish
      Pagaza elegante Spanish
      Schmuckseeschwalbe German

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      3 results
      Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4 (1848): 129. 1849
      Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 Non-Passerines.
      American Ornithologists’ Union. (2006). Forty-seventh supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk, Vol. 123, No. 3.

      Citation

      Thalasseus elegans (Gambel, 1849) in undefined