Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusThalasseus (Crested Terns)
- SpeciesThalasseus sandvicensis (Sandwich Tern)
Closest Relatives at Big Cypress National Preserve
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Sandwich Tern in Big Cypress National Preserve?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Sandwich Tern sighting in Big Cypress National Preserve, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Sandwich Tern in Big Cypress National Preserve?
July has the highest sighting rate for Sandwich Tern in Big Cypress National Preserve in our monthly data.