Royal Tern
Name in Spanish: Charrán Real
Scientific name: Thalasseus maximus
Taxonomic Family: Laridae
Scientific name: Thalasseus maximus
Taxonomic Family: Laridae
Conservation status
Least Concern
Status in Puerto Rico
Nester
Abundance
Common
Photos by the members of AvesPR
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
Charran listo para pescar
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
Isla de Roca en Barceloneta
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
La Tortuga Hatillo
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
Charran con una Sardina
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
© Alfredo Colón Archilla
© Javier Hernandez Ramos (Licence: CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0)
© Javier Hernandez Ramos
10 photos out of 11 in the system (selected at random)
Other names in Spanish for this species
Gaviota Real
Old scientific names
Sterna maxima
External resources for this species:
Pictures from Encyclopedia of Life:
Credit of the picture: Flickr 
Location: Fort DeSoto County Park, Tierra Verde (Florida, US)
Credit of the picture: Gerald and Buff Corsi 
Credit of the picture: Picasa
Credit of the picture: inaturalist 
Location: Fort DeSoto County Park, Tierra Verde (Florida, US)
Credit of the picture: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Credit of the picture: cmpalmer 
Location: Baja California, Isla Raza (Isla Raza, Mexico)
Credit of the picture: Glenn and Martha Vargas
Location: Fort DeSoto County Park, Tierra Verde (Florida, US)
Credit of the picture: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Credit of the picture: Flickr
