Elegant Tern
Thalasseus elegans
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusThalasseus (Crested Terns)
- SpeciesThalasseus elegans (Elegant Tern)
Closest Relatives at Carara National Park
Cabot's Tern
Thalasseus acuflavidus
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Heermann's Gull
Larus heermanni
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Larus pipixcan
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Elegant Tern at Carara National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there