- Sandwich Tern
- Latin Name
- Sterna sandvicensis
- Coastal, occurs in small groups, feeds just offshore and rests on beaches.
- Bird Call
- A strident rasping 'kirrik-kirrik'.
- Adult Description
- Much larger than Common Tern, its back paler than other similar-sized Terns. Differs from Gullbilled Tern in a much slimmer appearance and long thin bill, black with a yellow tip.
- Common summer visitor.
- Western and eastern Atlantic migrating south. Found around our coasts, as far north as Mozambique.