---
title: "Garajau-comum"
description: "Thalasseus sandvicensis — Aves. The Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) is a tern in the family Laridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/sandwich-tern
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Garajau-comum

> Thalasseus sandvicensis — Aves. The Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) is a tern in the family Laridae.

- Scientific name: *Thalasseus sandvicensis*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 26531
- Wikidata: [Q27547](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27547)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144541](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144541)

## Names

- en: Sandwich Tern
- de: Brandseeschwalbe
- es: Charrán de Sandwich
- fr: Sterne caugek
- nl: Grote stern
- pt: Garajau-comum
- pl: Rybitwa czubata

## Countries with the most observations

US (7679), ES (2026), MX (1662), GB (1537), FR (1455), PT (1044), ZA (923), IT (834), BR (563), RU (469), NL (450), UA (445)

## Summary

The Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) is a tern in the family Laridae. It is very closely related to the lesser crested tern (T. bengalensis), Chinese crested tern (T. bernsteini), Cabot's tern (T. acuflavidus), and elegant tern (T. elegans) and has been known to interbreed with both elegant and lesser crested terns. It breeds in the Palearctic from Europe to the Caspian Sea, and winters in the Mediterranean and on the coasts of Africa, India, and Sri Lanka.
The Sandwich tern is a medium-large tern with pale silvery-grey upperparts, white underparts, a yellow-tipped black bill, and a shaggy black crest which…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich_tern

## Photo

![Garajau-comum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sandwich-tern/medium.jpg)

Photo: Gregory Wheeler · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/349074608

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sandwich-tern?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).