Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787 
AphiaID: 137166

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Aves > Charadriiformes > Sternidae > Sterna

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Sterna Linnaeus, 1758
Sources		basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Albanian dallëndyshja e detit këmbëshkurtër  [details] Albanian sterni dimërak  [details] Bulgarian Гривеста рибарка  [details] Danish splitterne  [details] Dutch grote stern  [details] English sandwich tern  [details] French sterne caugek  [details] German Brandseeschwalbe  [details] Hebrew שחפית שחורת-מקור  [details] Italian beccapesci  [details] Lithuanian margasnapė žuvėdra  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Χειμωνογλάρονο  [details] Norwegian splitterne  [details] Polish rybitwa czubata  [details] Russian пестроносая крачка  [details] Scottish Gaelic geabhróg scothdhubh  [details] Slovenian kričava čigra  [details] Spanish charrán patinegro  [details] Swedish kentsk tärna  [details] Turkish kara gagali sumru  [details] Turkish kara gagalı sumru  [details] Ukrainian Крячок рябодзьобий  [details] Ukrainian Строкатоносий крячок  [details] Welsh môr-wennol bigddu  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Atlantic [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Kenya [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details]
Links		Marine Life Information Network - UK To Biodiversity Heritage Library (171 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To IUCN Red List To PESI To ITIS
Images		Sterna sandvicensis added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-21 19:50:48 Grote stern added on 2010-10-21 - author: Decleer, Misjel qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-21 19:51:01 Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) added on 2011-09-15 - author: Lowry, Roy qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-21 19:50:55
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137166
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van der Land, Jacob 2011-04-08 06:18:06Z   checked   Adriaens, Peter
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		Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137166 on 2013-05-26
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