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IORC Number
2010.014

Species/Form in Question
Sandwich Tern

Scientific Name
Thalasseus sandvicensis

Current Status of Record:
Accepted

Date of Initial Sighting:
2010-09-11

Date of Last Sighting:
2010-09-30

Quantity:
1

Age/Gender:
Adult

Observers(s)
Rick Remington; Robert D. Hughes, Samuel B. Burckhardt, Greg Neise, Jeffrey R. R. Skrentny

Location
Lake Michigan lakefront in Evanston and at various Chicago locations

Counties Observed in:
Cook

References
16th IORC Report


Details
The possibility that this individual is referable to the nominate Eurasian subspecies instead of the widespread North American form acutiflavus has been raised, and research in on-going into this question.
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