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Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis · Family Laridae
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Family Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,291,523
- Countries and territories with records
- 166
About this species
This species has 1,291,523 occurrence records from 166 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (22.4%), Denmark (13.1%), Sweden (11.6%), Spain (8.2%) and the United Kingdom (7.8%); together they account for 63% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.026% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Thalasseus sandvicensis combines the genus name Thalasseus with the species epithet sandvicensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Thalasseus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Thalasseus maximus, Thalasseus bergii and Thalasseus elegans.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 101 species of the family Laridae. This species ranks 18th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Larus delawarensis. Its record count is 1.5 times the family average (874,525). The family Laridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.