A Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis sandvicensis) banded as a chick in 2002 at Coquet Island off the northeast coast of Great Britain was observed at two locations on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, in August and September 2013. This is the first record of a banded Sandwich Tern from the United Kingdom being observed in the United States.
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1 December 2015
First Record of a Banded Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) Moving from England to the United States
Jeffrey A. Spendelow
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Waterbirds
Vol. 38 • No. 4
December 2015
Vol. 38 • No. 4
December 2015
Cape Cod
Coquet Island
Great Britain
Massachusetts
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
transatlantic movement