Elegant Tern / Thalasseus elegans NT
- Old latin name for bird Sterna elegans
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Where to see Elegant Tern
- Breeding region Middle America, North America
- Breeding subregion coastal e Pacific of sw California and Baja California and Gulf of California (nw Mexico)
- Non breeding region to coastal e Pacific from n California to c Chile
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Belgium
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- France
- French Guiana
- Germany
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Ireland
- Mexico
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Peru
- Portugal
- South Africa
- Spain
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uruguay
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Elegante Sterretjie |
| Albanian | Sterni elegant |
| Azerbaijani | eleqant susüpürən |
| Basque | Xatrac elegant |
| Belarusian | Элегантная крычка |
| Bulgarian | Южноамериканска рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac elegant |
| Chinese | 丽色凤头燕鸥, 美洲凤头燕鸥 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 麗色鳳頭燕鷗 |
| Croatian | kalifornijska čigra |
| Czech | rybák západní |
| Danish | Aztekterne, Aztekerterne |
| Dutch | Californische Kuifstern, Sierlijke Stern |
| Esperanto | Eleganta ŝterno |
| Estonian | kalifornia tiir |
| Finnish | kaunotiira |
| French | Sterne à bec jaune, Sterne élégante |
| Frisian | Sierlike stirns |
| Galician | Xatrac elegant, Carrán elegante |
| German | Schmuckseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Λεπτόραμφο Γλαρόνι, Κoμψoγλάρovo |
| Hebrew | שחפית הדורה |
| Hungarian | pompás csér |
| Icelandic | Skrautþerna |
| Irish | Geabhróg Ghalánta, Geabhróg mhaiseach |
| Italian | Sterna elegante |
| Japanese | ユウガアジサシ |
| Latvian | slaidais cekulzīriņš |
| Lithuanian | grakščioji žuvėdra |
| Macedonian | Пацифичка чигра |
| Manx | Sternag aalin |
| Northern Sami | Guhkesnjunčearret |
| Norwegian | langnebbterne |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Langnebbterne |
| Polish | rybitwa kalifornijska |
| Portuguese | garajau-elegante |
| Romanian | Chiră elegantă |
| Russian | Элегантная крачка, Элегантая крачка |
| Serbian | Tihookeanska čigra |
| Slovak | Rybár póvabný, rybár pôvabný |
| Slovenian | prelestna čigra |
| Spanish | Gaviota golondrina elegante, Golondrina-marina Elegante, Gaviotín elegante, Pagaza elegante, Charrán elegante |
| Swedish | aztektärna |
| Turkish | Kaliforniya Sumru, Kaliforniya Sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | крячок каліфорнійський |
| Welsh | Môr-wennol gain |