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

SternaLinnaeus, 1758accepted 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

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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

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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GUID

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urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96956

Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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