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  2. Arctic tern - Wikipedia

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    The Arctic tern is famous for its migration; it flies from its Arctic breeding grounds to the Antarctic and back again each year. The shortest distance between these areas is 19,000 km (12,000 mi). The long journey ensures that this bird sees two summers per year and more daylight than any other creature on the planet. [ 11 ]

  3. Common tern - Wikipedia

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    The common tern [2] (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. Breeding adults have light grey upperparts, white ...

  4. Sterna - Wikipedia

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    Arctic tern: Sterna paradisaea: the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America (as far south as Brittany and Massachusetts). River tern: Sterna aurantia: inland rivers from Iran east into the Indian Subcontinent and further to Myanmar to Thailand Black-bellied tern: Sterna acuticauda

  5. List of snakes by common name - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis.

  6. Fauna of the Faroe Islands - Wikipedia

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    Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) (the national bird), whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) and Arctic tern (Sterna paradisea) are common on the heather hills. The Faroese starling ( Sturnus vulgaris ssp. faroeensis ) is the biggest starling in the world, and is very common in and around human habitation together ...

  7. List of birds of Turkey - Wikipedia

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    Anhingas or darters are often called "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged. The males have black and dark-brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts.

  8. Tern - Wikipedia

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    The northernmost and southernmost breeders are the Arctic tern and Antarctic tern respectively. [ 5 ] [ 45 ] Many terns breeding in temperate zones are long-distance migrants , and the Arctic tern sees more annual daylight than any other animal as it migrates from its northern breeding grounds to Antarctic waters, a return journey of more than ...

  9. Antarctic tern - Wikipedia

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    The Antarctic tern is a medium-sized tern ranging from 35 to 40 cm (14 to 16 in) in length with a wingspan of 74 to 79 cm (29 to 31 in). It weighs between 150 and 180 g (5.3 and 6.3 oz) but it tends to be heavier during the winter months. [2] In breeding plumage, the tern has light grey body and wings.