Arctic Tern
Only a handful of Arctic terns nest in Norfolk. To most observers they are a spring and autumn passage migrant. Breeding grounds are in general to the north of common terns.
Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea
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Length: 15 inches Wingspan: 31 inches
Sexes similar
Dives into water for prey
Medium-sized tern with short, slender, pointed bill
Short legs
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Arctic Tern Photos
Arctic Terns have been seen in South Dakota before, but only on a handful of occasions. These photos were taken on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, where they were breeding.
Arctic Tern
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Arctic terns have a life span of about 20 years.
Anatomy: The Arctic tern is about 12 to 15 inches (30-38 cm) long and weighs about 2.8-4 ounces (80-110 grams). Males and females are similar.
Arctic Terns breeds in the Arctic and Subarctic regions around the Northern Hemisphere, although breeding was reported in Montana a few years ago. In Alberta, it was suspected of breeding on Richardson Lake near Lake Athabasca in 1975.
The Arctic tern, with its streamlined body and long, pointed wings, is uniquely designed for its long, yearly flight. It also has very keen eyesight.
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan
Status Common in summer. Breeds. This species arrives in Nova Scotia in the second week of May, a little later than the Common Tern.
THE ARCTIC TERN.
[Arctic Tern.]
STERNA ARCTICA, Temm.
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Arctic terns are famous for undertaking the longest migration of any bird. Some individuals travel from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again over the course of a year.
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea - Breeding plumaged adult in flight
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Arctic Terns don't breed until they are 3-4 years old. Both sexes help build a nest on the ground in a colony, sometimes mixed with other species of terns. The nest is out in the open, a shallow depression, often lined with plants and debris.
The Arctic tern is well known for its long yearly migration. It travels from its Arctic breeding grounds to its wintering grounds off of Antarctica. It covers up to 40,000 km which is the farthest yearly journey of any bird.
The Arctic Tern is a world champion for migration. Some migrate over 32,000 km a year.
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Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
The Arctic Tern performs the longest migration known for a bird. It breeds around the Arctic in Europe, Asia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland and has the most northerly breeding range of any tern.
Arctic Terns
Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) are bold and beautiful birds. They nest on the rocks at Eastern Egg Rock and often dive-bomb the people who are going out to do research.
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)
The Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) is a long-distance migrant, making a staggering annual round-trip from its Arctic or northern temperate... More 22 Images 0 videos ...
Arctic Terns defend their nests ferociously. Visitors are given sticks to prevent the terns from diving at their head. Wear a hat and a raincoat.
This Arctic Tern chick did not survive a careless human footstep.
Arctic Tern
Spring Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Black Tern
Spring Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
One Arctic Tern, ringed as a chick (not yet able to fly) on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast in eastern Britain in summer 1982, reached Melbourne, Australia in October 1982, a sea journey of over 22, ...
Longest Migration
Arctic terns migrate to and from the Antarctic-about 22,000 miles round trip-each year. Among mammals, gray whales and northern elephant seals are the migration champions, traveling up to 13,000 miles round trip each year.
Portlandica Plumage Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea)
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Gadwall Ducklings, or, Aaawww, Cute!
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It was, however, never so abundant as its smaller congeners, the so-called common and the arctic tern - two species that are so nearly alike as to be beyond discrimination on the wing by an ordinary observer, ...
Because Roseate Terns nest with Common and Arctic terns, protection of all tern nesting colonies is vital to their survival. Researchers are exploring the use of various non-lethal control measures to create and maintain gull-free islands.
Top to Bottom and Back The robin-sized Arctic Tern travels 10,000 miles from pole to pole and back again every year.
Sooty tern
Sterna vittata. Antarctic tern
Sterna nereis. Fairy tern (endemic)
Sterna albifrons. Little tern
Sterna paradisaea. Arctic tern
Procelsterna cerulea. Grey ternlet
Gygis alba. White tern ...
LONGEST MIGRATION
The arctic tern makes the longest migration each year, flying 20,000 to 25,000 miles (32000-40000 km) each year from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again.
Many migrate long distances; the best known is the arctic tern,
which nests in the far north and migrates to the Antarctic region
in the autumn.
The arctic tern migrates from the arctic to the antarctic. American terns include the common, least, Forster's, noddy, sooty, roseate, and royal terns, all of the genus Sterna.
Other birds include the dove, Antarctic fulmar, Antarctic cormorant, Kerguelen cormorant, Dominican gull, Brown skua, McCormick's skua, Arctic tern, Kerguelen tern, Wattled sheathbill, Lesser sheathbill, South Georgia pintail, Kerguelen pintail, ...
Movements can range in length from less than a mile, for Eurasian milkweed bugs, for example, to the incredible 25,000 miles per year of the arctic tern. Migrations may only be seasonal or may take a lifetime to complete.
 See also: Flamingo, Tit, Common Tern, Warbler, Swallow
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