* This map indicates coastal nesting sites in the Mediterranean and adjacent Seas.
Distribution and movement
Conservation
Some key references
BirdLife International (2021) Species factsheet: Thalasseus sandvicensis.
Efe M. A., Tavares E. S., Baker A. J., Bonatto S. L. 2009. Multigene phylogeny and DNA barcoding indicate that the Sandwich tern complex (Thalasseus sandvicensis, Laridae, Sternini) comprises two species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution52(1): 263-267.
Oro D., Bertolero A., Vilalta A. M., López, M. A. 2004. The biology of the Little Tern in the Ebro Delta (northwestern Mediterranean). Waterbirds27(4): 434-440.