Elegant Tern

Closest Relatives at Soberanía National Park

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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

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	40–50%
2	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
3	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
4	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	0–10%
5	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
6	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	0–10%
7	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
8	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
9	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
10	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
11	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
12	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
13	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
14	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
15	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
16	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
17	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
18	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
19	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
20	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
21	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
22	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
23	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
24	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data