Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Sternidae > Genus Sterna

Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sterna*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Aztekerterne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: Californische kuifstern sources: Avibase - the world bird database

English: elegant tern sources: Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK.

French: sterne élégante sources: Avibase - the world bird database

German: Schmuckseeschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: grakščioji žuvėdra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: rybitwa kalifornijska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: крачка элегантная sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: prelestna čigra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: charrán elegante sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kara kanatlı bataklık kırlangıcı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Крячок елегантний

Literature

basis of record	Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (134 publications)
GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225959

Drs Cees Roselaar. Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96956