(Found along the west coast of the United States)   

| Adults |   
  

  
   Elegant Tern
   Thalasseus elegans
 Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
 Huntington Beach, California
 5 Sep 2016

  
 by Kendall Brown
 ©Kendall W. Brown
   Elegant Tern
   Thalasseus elegans
 Monterey, California
 October 2006

  
 by Bryan Shirley
 ©Bryan Shirley