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sandwich tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
29.4337, -94.9193
Field Notes
Description:
Medium-sized tern. Long, thin black bill with pale yellow tip. Body white. Back pale gray. Elongated feathers on back of head make a slight shaggy crest. Black cap when breeding. Pale forehead in winter. Legs black.
Habitat:
Seacoasts, bays, estuaries, and mudflats, occasionally ocean far from land.
Notes:
•The two subspecies of Sandwich Tern breeding in North America and Eurasia have black bills with yellow tips. A third subspecies known at the "Cayenne Tern" is found in the southern Caribbean and the Atlantic Coast of South America. It has an all yellow bill.
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Sandwich Tern
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PublishedAugust 19, 2013
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