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Sandwich Tern

Thalasseus sandvicensis

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Year-round and winter in Alabama, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 4 habitats found here.

Seasons here
Year-round and winter
Breeding
Breeding
Range
2 of 67 counties
Habitats
4

At a glance

Group
Birds
Seasons in Alabama
Year-round and winter
Breeding
Breeding
Counties in known range
2 of 67
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Summer model Winter model

Habitats in Alabama 4

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

1 of 4

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

Summer and winterUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer and winter

Salt and brackish marshes

Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.

Summer and winterMississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Salt and brackish open water of sounds, bays and estuaries, with the mud and sand flats and seagrass beds that tides cover and uncover; the vegetated marsh is salt and brackish marshes.

Summer and winterOpen Water (Brackish/Salt)
Other habitats in its models (19)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama.

  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Sandy Beach Summer and winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Summer and winter
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer and winter
  • Unconsolidated Shore Summer and winter
  • Louisiana Beach Summer and winter
  • Southeast Florida Beach Summer and winter
  • South Florida Shell Hash Beach Summer and winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Summer and winter
  • Southwest Florida Beach Summer and winter
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Summer and winter
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Summer and winter
  • South Texas Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer and winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Summer and winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer and winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer and winter
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer and winter
  • South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Summer and winter

Model settings

Settings in the USGS model, not field measurements.

Habitat names: NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0.

Seasons in Alabama

Modeled range from USGS maps (2001), by watershed. Not sighting records. Migratory gives no dates. USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps

  • Year-round. Breeding and nonbreeding. Range includes 2 of 67 counties
  • Winter. Nonbreeding. Range includes 2 of 67 counties

Also found in this habitat

Plants 68

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 218

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Alabama. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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