Elegant Tern - Thalasseus elegans

Sterne élégante

Elegant Ternadult breeding, pigmentation, Flight

  • pigmentation
  • Flight
  • 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. : lape278665
Author :
My World of Bird Phot...
Plumage : adult, breeding

Shooting

date : 2011 May
Country : United States (us)
Region : California
Place : Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
Lat. : 33° 41' 12'' North
Lng. : 118° 2' 0'' West

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : Canon EOS 7D

Exposure : 1/1600 s

aperture : 7.1


Focal length : 500 mm


Iso : 200


Flash : no