Elegant Tern - Thalasseus elegans

Sterne élégante

Elegant Ternadult post breeding, Flight

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  • Flight
  • adult
  • post 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

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The picture

O.Net ref. : frgr159035
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Plumage : adult, post breeding

Shooting

date : 2014 Feb
Country : Costa Rica (cs)
Region : Puntarenas Province
Place : Punta Agujitas Punta Agujitas
Lat. : 8° 42' 35'' North
Lng. : 83° 38' 47'' West

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D300
Exposure : 1/2500 s

aperture : 7.1

Focal length : 400 mm

Iso : 500

Flash : no