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Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849

225959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225959)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Chordata
  4. Vertebrata
  5. Gnathostomata
  6. Tetrapoda
  7. Reptilia
  8. Aves
  9. Charadriiformes
  10. Laridae
  11. Sterna
  12. Sterna elegans
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Thalasseus elegans (Gambel, 1849)
Species
Sterna Linnaeus, 1758
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
ERMS (2026). Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225959 on 2026-08-10
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=225959 on 2026-08-10
Date
action
by
2006-04-20 12:16:00Z
created
Charbonneau, Danny
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
checked
Adriaens, Peter
2026-05-21 11:28:59Z
changed
Garnett, Stephen

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. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details] 
 
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