Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Class: Aves
Family: Laridae
Common Name: Royal Tern
Genus: Thalasseus
Species Name: maximus

About The Royal Tern

The Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) is a large white tern with an orange-yellow bill and a black crest. It is common along many tropical and subtropical shores of the Americas and West Africa. (Kaufman 1996; AOU 1998)

Rights Holder: Shapiro, Leo

Trips Where Observed

Argentina
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Mexico to Panama
Mexico, Baja California Sur
Mexico, Nayarit
Mexico, Veracruz
Puerto Rico
Texas

Member Lifelists

Argentina
California
Mexico
New Jersey
North America
South America
United States
World

Sites Where Observed

Location

Date

Notes

Puerto Deseado, Argentina

2/14/2005

Stone Harbor Point, New Jersey

6/17/2007

Saw only one, could have been Caspian.

La Mancha, Veracruz

10/10/2007

Sontecomapan, Veracruz

10/17/2007

Playa de Los Reyes, Nayarit

1/7/2008

Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California

2/19/2008

Cozumel, Quitana Roo

1/14/2009

Cay Caulker, Belize

1/22/2009

Corn Islands, Nicaragua

2/12/2009

Parque National Palo Verde, Costa Rica

2/18/2009

Puerto Jiminez, Costa Rica

2/24/2009

Isla Coiba, Panama

3/5/2009

Mogue, Panama

3/18/2009

Aransas NWR (CTC 037) (Aransas Co.), Texas

4/16/2013

Bolivar Peninsula, Texas

4/19/2013

Jimani, Dominican Republic

1/21/2014

Cabo Rojo - Pedernales, Dominican Republic

1/22/2014

Bahia de Semana, Dominican Republic

1/25/2014

Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic

1/26/2014

Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

1/4/2016

Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

1/5/2016

Reserva de Boqueron, Puerto Rico

1/5/2016

Oceano, California - Southern

9/22/2018

Playa Giron, Cuba

1/31/2024

Cayo Coco, Cuba

2/3/2024

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

About The Royal Tern

Trips Where Observed

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Sites Where Observed

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