Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 17,398
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Sandwich tern is a tern in the family Laridae. It is very closely related to the lesser crested tern, Chinese crested tern, Cabot's tern, and elegant tern and has been known to interbreed with both elegant and lesser crested terns. It breeds in the Palearctic from Europe to the Caspian Sea, and winters in the Mediterranean and on the coasts of Africa, India, and Sri Lanka.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Sandwich tern”.