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The Sandwich Tern is a seabird that dives into the water to catch small fish, found across coastal regions in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. This species is important for monitoring the health of marine environments, as changes in fish populations and ocean conditions directly affect their survival and breeding success.
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- Thalasseus
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
- P9714
- Burkina Faso
- P14254
- Near Threatened
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The Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) is a tern in the family Laridae. It is very closely related to the lesser crested tern (T. bengalensis), Chinese crested tern (T. bernsteini), Cabot's tern (T. acuflavidus), and elegant tern (T. elegans) 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.
The Sandwich tern is a medium-large tern with pale silvery-grey upperparts, white underparts, a yellow-tipped black bill, and a shaggy black crest which becomes less extensive in winter with a white crown. Young birds bear grey and blackish scalloped plumage on their backs and wings. It is a vocal bird. It nests in a ground scrape and lays one to three eggs.
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Avibase ID different from WikidataBirds described in 1787Birds of AfricaBirds of Central AsiaBirds of EuropeBirds of islands of the Atlantic OceanIUCN Red List least concern speciesTaxa named by John Latham (ornithologist)Taxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDsTaxonbars with automatically added original combinationsThalasseus