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A slim, long-billed tern, swift and graceful in flight. Strictly coastal in the southeastern states. The Sandwich Tern is larger than the other mid-sized terns, but distinctly smaller than Royal Terns or Caspian Terns. Might be thought of as the Royal Tern's sidekick; typically found with that species, usually even nesting in mixed colonies with it, but tends to be less numerous. Named after the town of Sandwich in County Kent, England, where this tern was first described to science.
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