Elegant Tern
“Sterna (T.) elegans. Elegant Tern. Princely Tern. Bill bright red, salmon-colored toward tip. Feet black; soles and under surfaces of claws slightly yellowish. crown of head, including long-flowing occipital crest, pure black, reaching down on the sides of the head to a straight line just on a level with the lower border of the eye; the white of the cheeks accompanying the black to the foremost point of extension of the feathers in the nasal fossae. All the under parts rosy-white, with satin gloss. Tail entirely pure white, longer and more deeply forked than in winter. Back and wings pale pearl-blue; the usual pattern of coloration of the primaries.” Elliot Coues, 1884
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migratory birds, birds, ornithology, seabirds, North American birds, near threatened species, near threatened birds, aquatic eater, aerial diving bird, Sterna (T.) elegans, Elegant Tern, Princely TernGalleries
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Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)
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