
The Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) is a tern in the family Laridae.
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 942 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Western Cape and beyond
Provinces where Sandwich Tern is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
942 records, iNaturalist
9 resultaten in Zuid-Afrika
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Thalasseus sandvicensis
Waarnemingen
942
iNaturalist-waarnemingen
Elke boeking op Spekboom steunt natuurbehoud.
Een waarneming betekent dat een gastheer de Sandwich Tern op of bij het terrein heeft gezien. Een waarneming is nooit gegarandeerd.
The Sandwich Tern is most recorded in Western Cape (74% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (14% of records), Eastern Cape (12% of records), based on 942 iNaturalist observations. 9 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Sandwich Tern on site or nearby.
The Sandwich Tern is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it.
The Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) is a tern in the family Laridae. It is very closely related to the lesser crested tern (T. bengalensis), Chinese crested tern (T. bernsteini), Cabot's tern (T. acuflavidus), and elegant tern (T. elegans) and has been known to interbreed with the lesser crested.