Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Elegante Sterretjie |
| Asturian | Garrochín 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 (French Guiana) | 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 |
Thalasseus elegans (Gambel, 1849)
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- elegans
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
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- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
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Gary P. Burness, Kara L. Lefevre, and Charles T. Collins
Recommended Citation
Burness, G. P., K. L. Lefevre, and C. T. Collins (2020). Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.eleter1.01
Birds of North America
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- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
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Gary P. Burness, Kara L. Lefevre, and Charles T. Collins
Revisors
Gary P. Burness, Kara L. Lefevre, and Charles T. Collins
Recommended Citation
Burness, G. P., K. L. Lefevre, and C. T. Collins (1999). Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.404
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Recommended Citation
Burness, G. P., K. Lefevre, and C. T. Collins. 1999. Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans). In The Birds of North America, No. 404 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.404.p
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
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Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Eduardo de Juana, and Ernest Garcia
Revisors
Eduardo de Juana and Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, E. de Juana, and E. F. J. Garcia (2017). Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.