Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
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Pontoppidan, 1763
IUCN Category:
Least Concern
BOU Category:
A
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Arctic Tern © Nature Guides
Arctic Tern - Britain © Steve Laycock
Arctic Tern - Britain © Mike Haberfield
Arctic Tern - Britain © Ian Curran
Arctic Tern - Northumberland © Iain Barr
Arctic Tern - Anglesey © Will Bowell
Arctic Tern - Surrey © Ian Curran
Publish date: 30/05/2013
A study shows Dutch Arctic Terns are using previously unknown migration routes and staging sites when compared to their conspecifics from Greenland.
Publish date: 09/08/2023
Research examined the likely impacts of a warming planet on the long-distance migrant.
Publish date: 13/07/2019
Andy Stoddart provides tips on how to recognise three familiar medium-sized tern species in all plumages.
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