Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (43)
- Monotypic
Gary P. Burness, Kara L. Lefevre, and Charles T. Collins
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1999
Text last updated January 1, 1999
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Elegante Sterretjie |
| Asturian | Garrochñn elegante |
| Bulgarian | Южноамериканска рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac elegant |
| Croatian | kalifornijska čigra |
| Czech | rybák západní |
| Danish | Aztekerterne |
| Dutch | Sierlijke Stern |
| English | Elegant Tern |
| English (United States) | Elegant Tern |
| Finnish | kaunotiira |
| French | Sterne élégante |
| French (France) | Sterne élégante |
| Galician | Carrán elegante |
| German | Schmuckseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Λεπτόραμφο Γλαρόνι |
| Hebrew | שחפית הדורה |
| Hungarian | Pompás csér |
| Icelandic | Skrautþerna |
| Japanese | ユウガアジサシ |
| Lithuanian | Grakščioji žuvėdra |
| Norwegian | langnebbterne |
| Polish | rybitwa kalifornijska |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garajau-elegante |
| Romanian | Chiră elegantă |
| Russian | Элегантная крачка |
| Serbian | Tihookeanska čigra |
| Slovak | rybár pôvabný |
| Slovenian | Prelestna čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Elegante |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviotín elegante |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Pagaza Elegante |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviotín Elegante |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gaviotín Elegante |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Charrán Elegante |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviotín Elegante |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín Elegante |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán elegante |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gaviotín Elegante |
| Swedish | aztektärna |
| Turkish | Kaliforniya Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок каліфорнійський |
| Zulu | ukliyomuhle |
Thalasseus elegans (Gambel, 1849)
PROTONYM:
Sterna elegans
Gambel, 1849. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4(1848), p.129.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- THALASSEUS
- elegans
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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