Bird / Thalasseus sandvicensis
Sandwich Tern
Lowest risk
Migratory
The Sandwich tern is a tern in the family Laridae. It is very closely related to the lesser crested tern, Chinese crested tern, Cabot's tern, and elegant tern and has been known to interbreed with the lesser crested. It breeds in the Palearctic from Europe to the Caspian Sea wintering to South Africa, India and Sri Lanka.
- Range mass
- 130 to 311 g
- Range length
- 36 to 46 cm
- Range wingspan
- 86 to 105 cm
- Breeding interval
- Sandwich Terns breed once yearly.
- Breeding season
- Sandwich Terns breed in the summer.
- Range eggs per season
- 1 to 3
- Average eggs per season
- 1-2
- Range time to hatching
- 21 to 29 days
- Range fledging age
- 28 to 35 days
- Average time to independence
- 1 years
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 3 to 4 years
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 3 to 4 years
- Average lifespan
Status: captivity - 23.58 years
Gundy, R. 2011. "Sterna sandvicensis" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Sterna_sandvicensis/
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