Families |
Species: Gulls, Terns |
Elegant Tern (A) (Thalasseus elegans) | Start Date 0000-00-00 | ||||||||
Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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1 | 80:5 | 2007-06-28 | Little Pelican Island, Leech Lake | Cass | (record #2007-050, vote 10-0). Extraordinary inland occurrence of this primarily coastal species (The Loon 80:14-15). Multiple images were obtained, many with direct comparison to Caspian and Common terns. First state record. ● Jaeger sp. (Stercorarius sp.), 15 July 2007, Leech Lake, Cass County (record #2007-062, vote 7-0). | Accepted | |||
avian information | 2007-06-28 | Cass | 6/28 Cass (first state record) (first county record) First state record 6/28 Cass (Little Pelican I. in Leech Lake) ph. †SMe (The Loon 80:14–15). | ||||||
80:14-15 | 2008 | index | Minnesota's First Elegant Tern | ||||||
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  | One summer record (2007). One additional fall record of T. elegans/maximus (2023). |
The information in the above table comes from several different sources. The count in column 1 indicates which of the sources is considered the primary source. | ||
'Accepted' MOURC entries from The MOURC Proceedings | ||
'Not Accepted' or 'Rejected' MOURC entry from The MOURC Proceedings | ||
Accepted MOU records assembled by David Cahlander | ||
Sighting records for () | ||
Avian information from the occurrence maps, in dark red, assembled by Robert Janssen. Seasonal report for the species/season published in The Loon or The Flicker has been added. | ||
Information from The Loon index assembled by Anthony Hertzel and David Cahlander |