Elegant Tern
Thalasseus elegans (Gambel, 1849)
ELETE 
6120
Family: Charadriiformes > Laridae
An orange-billed relative of Sandwich Tern, the Elegant Tern's core breeding range is Baja California, Mexico. The species normally winters on western South American coasts, which explains why this is an extremely rare visitor to Britain & Ireland.
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BTO RECORDS
BTO RECORDS
Identification
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Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.
CONSERVATION STATUS
This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.
| IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (global) |
Near Threatened 
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| Schedule 1 license required (to disturb) | No |
| Birds Directive Annex 1 | No |
POPULATION SIZE
We have no population estimates for this scarce species.
| BOU Category | A |
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First Record
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Dorset, 2002 |
SEASONALITY
Elegant Tern is a very rare summer vagrant.
Movement
Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.
RINGING RECOVERIES
View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.
Biology
Lifecycle and body size information about Elegant Tern, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.
PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING
Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.
CODES & CLASSIFICATION
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Field Codes
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5-letter code: ELETE | Euring: 6120 |
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Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com
- Invasive alien species as a threat to seabird populations: an account of habitat restoration on 'Ilhéu da Praia' (Graciosa, Azores) Special Protection Area
- Nesting rafts as a management tool for a declining common tern (Sterna hirundo) colony
- Reducing the density of breeding gulls influences the pattern of recruitment of immature Atlantic puffins Fratercula arctica to a breeding colony
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