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| Sterna elegans |
Gambel, 1849 |
Thalasseus elegans |
Family: Laridae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Elegant tern |
Sterne élégante |
Charrán elegante |
Schmuckseeschwalbe |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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Post-breeding dispersal northward to N California and rarely to British Columbia. Uncommon migrant off
Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Winters on Pacific coast from Guatemala to C Chile, mostly in Peru and N Chile.
Accidental in Texas. Odd records from Netherlands, Ireland, Spain and France (including hybridization with
T. sandvicensis), but provenance of such birds in question, as species virtually unrecorded anywhere in
North America away from Pacific coast; probably attributable to escapes from shipments of exotic seabirds from
wintering grounds in W South America. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: Caribbean Islands, Mesoamerica, North America, South America |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |