Elegant Tern - Thalasseus elegans

Sterne élégante

Elegant Ternadult breeding, identification

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  • identification
  • adult
  • breeding
  • Charrán elegante
  • garajau-elegante
  • Schmuckseeschwalbe
  • Thalasseus elegans
  • Charadriiformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Charadriiformes
Family : Laridae
Species : Elegant Tern

Geographic range by countries


specie's pictures

by the author
all the pictures

The picture

O.Net ref. : rlcn268463
Author :
Le Pigeon migrateur
Plumage : adult, breeding

Shooting

date : 2019 May
Country : United States (us)
Region : California
Place : Long Beach Long Beach
Lat. : 33° 46' 42'' North
Lng. : 118° 11' 53'' West

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Exposure : 1/400 s

aperture : 7.1

Focal length : 400 mm

Iso : 100

Flash : no