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Artic tern with chicks (Sterna paradisea)

Common tern sits on a nest among pink flowers close up

A group of Arctic terns gracefully flying over a field in South Iceland.

An Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) on a perch south of Anchorage Alaska. The Arctic Tern breeds in the arctic regions around the world and winters in the Antarctic, making at least a 19,000 km (12,000 mi) flight between the two twice a year, mostly over open ocean; thus, this bird has the longest migration and sees more daylight than any animal on earth.

Resting on the ground

Arctic Tern aggressively defending its nest and attacking the camera lens.

Common Tern, Sterna hirundo - Sterns (Sternidae)

A closeup shot of Arctic tern birds in the natural landscape with wildflowers

Artic tern with chick

An Arctic Tern bird and it's chick on the island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

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Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea, flight, Scotland

Pair of Arctic terns in graceful flight against a cloudy sky in South Iceland

Arctic Tern flying over the North Sea near the Farne islands in Northumberland.

Two Nordic Sterns flying over the water of Jökulsárlón gletscher lake in the south of Iceland. The Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America (as far south as Brittany and Massachusetts). The species is strongly migratory, seeing two summers each year as it migrates along a convoluted route from its northern breeding grounds to the Antarctic coast. Recent studies have shown average annual roundtrip lengths of about 70,900 km (c. 44,300 miles) for birds nesting in Iceland and Greenland.

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It is a bird very close to the little tern and its differentiation is particularly difficult except in good observation conditions. However, some morphological criteria allow for its distinction, particularly its more compact general silhouette due to its smaller and rounder head, its shorter beak, its somewhat elongated body disposed on extremely modest feet.

Artic tern in backlight

A close up of an Arctic Tern in flight

Antarctic tern in breeding plumage.

Küstenseeschwalbe / Arctic tern / Sterna paradisaea

Arctic Tern on its nest on Inner Farne, one of the Farne islands in Northumberland.

Arctic terns on the rocks.

Arctic Tern in flight, taken on Inner Farne island off the coast of Northumberland, England.

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UK Farne Island Arctic Tern

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on Wadden island Texel in the Netherlands.

A view of an Arctic Tern in flight

Küstenseeschwalbe / Arctic tern / Sterna paradisaea

Arctic Tern in flight against a summer sky.

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