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 Redwood National Park
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Western Gull
Larus occidentalis
California Gull
Larus californicus
Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus glaucescens
Short-billed Gull
Larus brachyrhynchus
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Heermann's Gull
Larus heermanni
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides
Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
📅 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 Redwood National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Elegant Tern sighting in Redwood National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Elegant Tern in Redwood National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Elegant Tern in Redwood National Park in our monthly data.