Galapagos Species Database
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Thalasseus elegans
Gaviotín elegante, Elegant Tern
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Thalasseus
Species
elegans
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849; Santa Cruz (1995), San Cristobal (2005) (GBIF Secretariat, 2021)
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Ben Haase photographed a single bird on 9 February 2005 at Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristóbal (CDRS archives).
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Thalasseus elegans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5188. Accessed 1 November 2026.