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Sandwich tern

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The Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) is a tern in the family Laridae. [1]

28 relations: Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds, Arctic tern, Argentina, Black-headed gull, Cabot's tern, Caribbean, Chinese crested tern, Common tern, DNA, Elegant tern, Greek language, Gull, Hawaii, Heinrich Boie, Howard Saunders, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Red List, John Latham (ornithologist), Laridae, Lesser crested tern, Mitochondrion, North America, Roseate tern, Sandwich, Kent, Specific name (zoology), Tern, Thalasseus, Type (biology).

Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds

The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds, or African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) is an independent international treaty developed under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme's Convention on Migratory Species.

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Arctic tern

The Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) is a tern in the family Laridae.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Black-headed gull

The black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a small gull that breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada.

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Cabot's tern

Cabot's tern (Thalasseus acuflavidus) is a tern in the family Laridae formerly considered as a subspecies of the Sandwich tern.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.

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Chinese crested tern

The Chinese crested tern (Thalasseus bernsteini) is a tern in the family Laridae, closely related to the Sandwich tern, T. sandvicensis, and the lesser crested tern, T. bengalensis.

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Common tern

The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae.

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DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.

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Elegant tern

The elegant tern (Thalasseus elegans) is a tern in the family Laridae.

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Greek language

Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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Gull

Gulls or seagulls are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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Heinrich Boie

Heinrich Boie (4 May 1794, Meldorf, Holstein – 4 September 1827, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia) was a German zoologist.

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Howard Saunders

Howard Saunders (16 September 1835 – 20 October 1907) was a British businessman, who later in life became a noted ornithologist, specialising in gulls and terns.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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IUCN Red List

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.

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John Latham (ornithologist)

John Latham (27 June 1740 – 4 February 1837) was an English physician, naturalist and author.

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Laridae

Laridae is a family of seabirds in the order Charadriiformes that includes the gulls, terns and skimmers.

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Lesser crested tern

The lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)Bridge, E. S.; Jones, A. W. & Baker, A. J. (2005).

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Mitochondrion

The mitochondrion (plural mitochondria) is a double-membrane-bound organelle found in most eukaryotic organisms.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Roseate tern

The roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) is a tern in the family Laridae.

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Sandwich, Kent

Sandwich is a historic town and civil parish on the River Stour in the non-metropolitan district of Dover, within the ceremonial county of Kent, south-east England.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet or species epithet) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Tern

Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands.

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Thalasseus

Thalasseus, the crested terns, is a genus of seven species of terns in the Laridae family.

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Type (biology)

In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached.

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Redirects here:

Cabot's Tern, Cayenne Tern, Cayenne tern, Sandwich Tern, Sterna boysii, Sterna eurygnatha, Sterna sandvicensis, Thalasseus sandvicensis.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich_tern

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