Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
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About Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
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.
Source: Wikipedia
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2003-01-11
Walvis Bay, Namibia -
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2009-01-22
Cay Caulker, Belize -
2013-04-16
Aransas NWR (CTC 037) (Aransas Co.), United States of America -
2015-03-25
Castilo Caleta de Fuste, Spain -
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