Elegant Tern

分类位置

同属物种

中华凤头燕鸥 (黑嘴端凤头燕鸥)

Chinese Crested Tern

大凤头燕鸥

Great Crested Tern

小凤头燕鸥

Lesser Crested Tern

皇家燕鷗

Royal Tern

白嘴端凤头燕鸥

Sandwich Tern

形态与习性

The elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans) is a tern in the family Laridae. It breeds on the Pacific coast of southern California in the United States and western Mexico, and migrates south to Peru, Ecuador and Chile for the northern winter; in the late summer and fall, some also disperse north to Oregon and more rarely Washington. This species breeds in very dense colonies on coasts and islands, including Isla Rasa and Montague Island in Mexico, as well as South Bay Salt Works (San Diego) and Bolsa