Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootsterretjie |
| Albanian | Sterni dimërak |
| Arabic | خرشنة سندويتشية |
| Armenian | Սպիտակաքիթ ջրածիծառ |
| Asturian | Garrochín crestudu |
| Azerbaijani | Alaburun susüpürən |
| Basque | Txenada hankabeltza |
| Bulgarian | Гривеста рибарка |
| Catalan | Xatrac becllarg |
| Chinese | 白嘴端燕鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白嘴端凤头燕鸥 |
| Croatian | dugokljuna čigra |
| Czech | rybák severní |
| Danish | Splitterne |
| Dutch | Grote Stern |
| English | Sandwich Tern |
| English (United States) | Sandwich Tern |
| Faroese | Faksaterna |
| Finnish | riuttatiira |
| French | Sterne caugek |
| French (French Guiana) | Sterne caugek |
| Galician | Carrán cristado |
| German | Brandseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Χειμωνογλάρονο |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Mòv kojèk |
| Hebrew | שחפית שחורת-מקור |
| Hungarian | Kenti csér |
| Icelandic | Þaraþerna |
| Italian | Beccapesci |
| Japanese | サンドイッチアジサシ |
| Latvian | Cekulzīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Margasnapė žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | കടലുണ്ടി ആള |
| Norwegian | splitterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی کاکلی تُک زرد |
| Polish | rybitwa czubata |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Garajau-de-bico-preto |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trinta-réis-de-bando |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garajau-de-bico-preto |
| Romanian | Chiră de mare |
| Russian | Пестроносая крачка |
| Serbian | Dugokljuna čigra |
| Slovak | rybár sivý |
| Slovenian | Kričava čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Patinegro |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Gaviotín Pico Amarillo |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviotín de Sandwich |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Pagaza Puntiamarilla |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gaviota de Sandwich |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Charrán Piconegro |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviotín de Sandwich |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gaviotín Punta Amarilla |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Charrán de Sandwich |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviotín Puntiamarillo |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín de Pata Negra |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Charrán Piquiagudo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán patinegro |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Gaviotín Pico Amarillo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gaviota Patinegra |
| Swedish | kentsk/Cabots tärna |
| Turkish | Kara Gagalı Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок рябодзьобий |
Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787)
Definitions
- THALASSEUS
- sandvicensis / sandvichensis / sandwichensis
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Authors
David Shealer, Jeff S. Liechty, Aaron R. Pierce, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Recommended Citation
Shealer, D., J. S. Liechty, A. R. Pierce, P. Pyle, and M. A. Patten (2020). Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.santer1.01
Birds of North America
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Version 3.0
- Full Revision
- December 2, 2016
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Authors
David Shealer, Jeff S. Liechty, Aaron R. Pierce, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Revisors
David Shealer, Jeff S. Liechty, Aaron R. Pierce, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Recommended Citation
Shealer, D., J. S. Liechty, A. R. Pierce, P. Pyle, and M. A. Patten (2016). Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis), version 3.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.santer1.03
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Version 2.0
- Revision
- January 1, 1999
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Authors
David Shealer
Revisors
David Shealer
Recommended Citation
Shealer, D. (1999). Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.405
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Print Version (requires subscription to access)
- January 1, 1999
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Recommended Citation
Shealer, D. 1999. Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis). In The Birds of North America, No. 405 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.405.p
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- August 30, 2017
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Authors
Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, and Ernest Garcia
Revisors
Ernest Garcia
Recommended Citation
Gochfeld, M., J. Burger, and E. F. J. Garcia (2017). Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.