Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Laroidea > Family Laridae > Subfamily Sterninae > 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.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.