Species Detail - Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Birds of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Sandwich Tern
NHMSYS0021274181
RecommendedWell-formed
Sterna boysii Latham, Sterna cantiaca J.F.Gmelin, Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787, Sterna sandvicensis , Sterna sandvicensis sandvicensis Latham, 1787, Sterna sandvicensis sandvicensis
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N/A
(Latham, 1787)
Bird
Species
604
139
58
12/08/1994
21/09/2024
22 January (recorded in 2005)
26 December (recorded in 2021)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis), accessed 13 June 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/305573>