bird · Charadriiformes · Laridae
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787) . Occurrence records of the Sandwich Tern are shared on GBIF from around 51 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Table Mountain National Park (1 298 records), in 3 provinces.
IUCN: Least concernLaridae
51reserves with records
8 965records around them
3provinces
LCIUCN category
Where it is recorded
| Reserve | Province | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain National ParkNational park | WC Western Cape | 1 298 |
| False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 1 036 |
| Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 933 |
| West Coast National ParkNational park | WC Western Cape | 882 |
| Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 381 |
| Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 379 |
| Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 355 |
| Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 354 |
| Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area | WC Western Cape | 331 |
| Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve | WC Western Cape | 325 |
| Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve | WC Western Cape | 313 |
| Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 257 |
| De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 229 |
| Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 152 |
| Gonubie Mouth Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary | EC Eastern Cape | 138 |
| Gonubie Bird Sanctuary NPOWildlife sanctuary | EC Eastern Cape | 138 |
| Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 137 |
| Grysbok ParkNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 126 |
| Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 117 |
| Trafalgar Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 113 |
| Woody Cape Nature ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 110 |
| Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park | EC Eastern Cape | 81 |
| Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | EC Eastern Cape | 81 |
| Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 70 |
| Agulhas National ParkNational park | WC Western Cape | 62 |
| Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 59 |
| Harmony Flats Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 59 |
| Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site | WC Western Cape | 48 |
| Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 45 |
| Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 37 |
| Jukani Predator ParkNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 34 |
| Stilbaai Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 31 |
| Kowie Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 28 |
| Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 28 |
| Morris point / Uitkyk puntNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 28 |
| Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 25 |
| Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 19 |
| Kogelberg Nature ReserveProtected area | WC Western Cape | 16 |
| Vogelgat Private Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 15 |
| Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 15 |
| Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 14 |
| Fort D' Acre ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 14 |
| Mzamba Fossil bedsProtected heritage site | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 9 |
| Walker Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 9 |
| SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 7 |
| Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 7 |
| Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 5 |
| Noorsekloof Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 5 |
| Goukamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 4 |
| Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 3 |
| Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area | WC Western Cape | 3 |
By province
- Western Cape
- 39 reserves
- Eastern Cape
- 10 reserves
- KwaZulu-Natal
- 2 reserves
Taxonomy
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Scientific name
- Thalasseus sandvicensis
- GBIF taxon
- 2481240
- Wikidata
- Q27547
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.