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 Corcovado National Park
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Larus pipixcan
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Elegant Tern in Corcovado National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Elegant Tern sighting in Corcovado National Park, based on 18 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Elegant Tern in Corcovado National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Elegant Tern in Corcovado National Park in our monthly data.