Sandwich Tern

Description:

A bird of marine coasts of the southeastern United States and the Caribbean, the Sandwich Tern is readily identified by its shaggy crest and yellow-tipped black bill. Adult non-breeding.

Habitat:

Seacoasts, bays, estuaries, and mudflats, occasionally ocean far from land.

Notes:

Cool Facts: • The two subspecies of Sandwich Tern breeding in North America and Eurasia have black bills with yellow tips. A third subspecies known at the "Cayenne Tern" is found in the southern Caribbean and the Atlantic Coast of South America. It has an all yellow bill. - http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sandw...