Sandwich Tern Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Thalasseus sandvicensis
Family : Laridae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Coast
Description : The Sandwich Tern is a sleek, grey waterbird with a black bill, black cap and a shaggy crest at the nape (adult bird length approximately 44 cm, wing 30.5 cm, bill 5.5 cm, tarsus 2.8 cm, tail: 7.8 cm, outer 15 cm). In the breeding season, it looks almost white except for its black cap ending in a shaggy crest. It feeds on small fish and some invertebrates. The greater crested tern breeds in dense colonies on coasts, islands, and occasionally inland near freshwater lakes. It lays one to three eggs in a ground scrape. It relies on the density of nests and nesting close to other aggressive species to deter predators. It feeds by plunge-diving for fish from the sea and the male offers fish to the female during courtship.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Stercorarius parasiticus
(Arctic (Parasitic) Jaeger (Skua)) -
Sternula albifrons
(Little Tern) -
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
((Common) Black‑headed Gull) -
Larus fuscus
(Lesser Black-backed (Heuglin’s) Gull) -
Rissa tridactyla
(Black-legged Kittiwake) -
Thalasseus bengalensis
(Lesser Crested Tern) -
Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
(Brown‑headed Gull) -
Stercorarius pomarinus
(Pomarine Jaeger (Skua)) -
Rynchops albicollis
(Indian Skimmer) -
Sterna acuticauda
(Black‑bellied Tern)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: rdz(www.inaturalist.org/people/rdz),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Peter Stronachmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: rdz(www.inaturalist.org/people/rdz),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Peter Stronachmore information, please contact us.