Elegant Tern

Elegant Tern
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	Fishing at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Aequorlitornithes
Order:	Charadriiformes
Suborder:	Lari
Family:	Laridae
Subfamily:	Sterninae
Genus:	Thalasseus
Species:	T. elegans
Binomial name
	Thalasseus elegans; (Gambel, 1849)
Synonyms
	Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849

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^ BirdLife International (2016). "Thalasseus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22694552A93457623. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694552A93457623.enFreely accessible.

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Projects

This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Charadriiformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each charadriiform, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Laridae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each gull, tern and skimmer, including made-up species.

[1] BirdLife International (2016). "Thalasseus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22694552A93457623. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22694552A93457623.enFreely accessible.

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