Sandwich tern

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Identification

Ecology and habitat


* 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 Evolution 52(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). Waterbirds 27(4): 434-440.