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Sandwich Tern [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]
Thalasseus sandvicensis [acuflavidus or eurygnathus] (= Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus) (Cabot, S Jr 1847)
Cabot's tern is a tern in the family Laridae formerly considered as a subspecies of the Sandwich tern. It has since been shown to be more closely related to the elegant tern. The genus name is from Ancient Greek Thalasseus, "fisherman" from thalassa, "sea". The specific acuflavida is Latin from acus, "needle", and flavidus, "yellowish". The IOC recognizes the bird as distinct, but most other taxonomists, including both committees of the AOU, consider it conspecific with the Sandwich tern. Source: Wikipedia
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Charadriiformes
Family:
Laridae
Genus:
Thalasseus
Scientific:
Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus
Classification
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:
Laridae
Genus:
Thalasseus
Scientific:
Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus
Original description
Citation:
(Cabot, S Jr 1847)
Reference:
Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.
2 p.257
Protonym:
Sterna acuflavida
Type locality:
Tancah, Yucatan.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37031#page/265/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
9551D52A27504256
Avibase ID:
avibase-9551D52A
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9551D52A
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 824138
English:
Sandwich Tern [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]
French:
Sterne caugek [acuflavidus ou eurygnathus]
Sandwich Tern [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]
French:
Sterne caugek [acuflavidus ou eurygnathus]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Sandwich Tern [acuflavidus or eurygnathus] ( Thalasseus sandvicensis [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Sandwich Tern [acuflavidus or eurygnathus] ( Thalasseus sandvicensis [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Cabot's or Cayenne Tern ( Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Cabot's Tern ( Thalasseus acuflavidus) [version 2] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Thalasseus acuflavidus [version 2] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Thalasseus sandvicensis
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Amerikaanse grootsterretjie
Czech: rybák americký, Rybák karibský
Welsh: Môr-wennol Cabot
Danish: Amerikansk Splitterne
German: Amerikanische Brandseeschwalbe, Amerikanische Brandseeschwalbe, Cayenneseeschwalbe
English: Cabot's or Cayenne Tern, Cabot's Tern, Sandwich Tern [acuflavidus or eurygnathus]
Esperanto: Amerika blanka sterno, amerika ŝterno
Spanish: Charrán piquiagudo
Spanish (Argentine): Gaviotín mexicano
Estonian: Ameerika tutt-tiir
Finnish: amerikanriuttatiira
French: Sterne caugek [acuflavidus ou eurygnathus], Sterne de Cabot, Sterne de Cabot ou S. de Cayenne
Frisian: Amerikaanske klikstirns
Irish: Geabhróg scothdhubh Meiriceánach
Galician: Carrán cristado americano
Croatian: američka dugokljuna čigra
Italian: Beccapesci americano
Japanese (romaji): sandoitchiajisashi (acuflavidus)
Japanese: サンドイッチアジサシ (acuflavidus)
Scientific: Sterna acuflavida, Thalasseus [acuflavidus or eurygnathus], Thalasseus acuflavidus, Thalasseus acuflavidus [incl. eurygnathus], Thalasseus sandvicensis [acuflavidus or eurygnathus], Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavidus
Latvian: Amerikas cekulzīriņš
Dutch: Amerikaanse Grote Stern
Norwegian: Strandterne
Polish: rybitwa karaibska
Portuguese: trinta-réis-de-bando
Portuguese (Brazil): trinta-réis-de-bando
Portuguese (Portugal): garajau-de-cabot
Rhaeto-Romance: Pestgarel piclapeschs american
Russian: Карибская крачка, Крачка Кабота
Northern Sami: Amerihkáriddočearret
Slovak: rybár ponáravý
Slovenian: Ameriška kričava čigra
Swedish: Cabots tärna
Ukrainian: Крячок (рябодзьобий) західноатлантичний, крячок атлантичний
Chinese: 小白嘴端凤头燕鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 美洲白嘴端鳳頭燕鷗
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