North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787)

Sterna sandvicensis

AphiaID

413044 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413044)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Thalasseus Boie, 1822

Original name

Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787

Synonymised names

Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, terrestrial

Original description

(of Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787) Latham, J.; Dwight, J.; Latham, J.; Latham, J.; Latham, J.; Padley, C.; Philips, E.; Tucker, M. B. (1787). Supplement to the General synopsis of birds. 298 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33046575#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 266 [details]

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2026). Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413044 on 2026-07-31

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=413044 on 2026-07-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-08-24 23:07:04Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-04-08 06:18:06Z

checked

Adriaens, Peter

2026-05-21 11:28:59Z

changed

Garnett, Stephen

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original description (of Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787) Latham, J.; Dwight, J.; Latham, J.; Latham, J.; Latham, J.; Padley, C.; Philips, E.; Tucker, M. B. (1787). Supplement to the General synopsis of birds. 298 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33046575#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 266 [details]

taxonomy source Efe, M A, Tavares, E S, Baker, A J and Bonatto, S L. (2009). Multigene phylogeny and DNA barcoding indicate that the Sandwich tern complex (Thalasseus sandvicensis, Laridae, Sternini) comprises two species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52, 263-267., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.030 [details]

taxonomy source Collinson, J. M.; Dufour, P.; Hamza, A.A.; Lawrie, Y.; Elliott, M.; Barlow, C.; Crochet, P.-A. (2017). When morphology is not reflected by molecular phylogeny: the case of three 'orange-billed terns' Thalasseus maximus, Thalasseus bergii and Thalasseus bengalensis (Charadriiformes: Laridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 121(2):439–445. [details]

context source (PeRMS) Imarpe. (2022). Informe ejecutivo del crucero 2202-04 de Evaluación Hidroacústica de Anchoveta y Otros Recursos Pelágicos, realizado entre el 15 de febrero al 09 de abril del 2022. Imarpe. 57p., available online at https://cdn.www.gob.pe/uploads/document/file/3084651/INFORME%20EJECUTIVO%202202-04.pdf?v=1652289648 [details] Available for editors

additional source AviList Core Team. (2025). AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025. , available online at https://www.avilist.org/checklist/v2025/ [details]