Elegant Tern
 The Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans syn. Sterna elegans - see Bridge et al. 2005) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds on the Pacific coasts of the southern USA and Mexico and winters south to Peru Ecuador and Chile.This species breeds in very dense colonies on coasts and islands including Montague Island (Mexico) and exceptionally inland on suitable large freshwater lakes close to the coast. It nests in a ground scrape and lays one to two eggs.