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Elegant Tern

Thalasseus elegans

255Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
6Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun94
Jul136
Aug21
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales122
2Sefton England16
3Devon England4
4Dorset England2
5Norfolk England1
6Cumbria England1
130 England125 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
255
Peak month
July
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Thalasseus elegans
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Isle of Anglesey
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Thalasseus
Name with authority
Thalasseus elegans (Gambel, 1849)
Described
1849

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q524893 · GBIF 2481285