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Sandwich Tern

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The Sandwich tern is a tern in the family Laridae, closely related to the lesser crested tern, Chinese crested tern, Cabot's tern and elegant tern, with which it has been known to interbreed. It breeds across the Palearctic from Europe to the Caspian Sea and winters in the Mediterranean and along the coasts of Africa, India and Sri Lanka. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Thalasseus sandvicensis 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Sources
1. Sandwich tern (Wikipedia)
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    It breeds across the Palearctic from Europe to the Caspian Sea and winters in the Mediterranean and along the coasts of Africa, India and Sri Lanka.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = LC
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2. Sandwich Tern (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q27547 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
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