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The Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) is a tern in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe (as far south as Brittany ), Asia, and North America (as far south as Massachusetts ).
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 ...
The common tern develops a dark wedge on the wings as the breeding season progresses, but the wings of the Arctic stay white throughout the northern summer. All the flight feathers of the Arctic tern are translucent against a bright sky, only the four innermost wing feathers of the common tern share this property.
26. Arctic Fox. These adorable animals look like they belong in a storybook. ... Aleutian Tern. These cute birds have a white forehead, which sets them apart from others. They like cold climates ...
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: Pakistan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh, with a separate range in ...
The Arctic tern holds the long-distance migration record for birds, travelling between Arctic breeding grounds and the Antarctic each year. Some species of tubenoses , such as albatrosses , circle the Earth, flying over the southern oceans, while others such as Manx shearwaters migrate 14,000 km (8,700 mi) between their northern breeding ...
Laridae on Lake Baikal. The family Laridae was introduced (as Laridia) by the French polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. [1] [2] Historically, Laridae were restricted to the gulls, while the terns were placed in a separate family, Sternidae, and the skimmers in a third family, Rynchopidae. [3]
The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large sea birds, typically with gray or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. Great skua, Stercorarius skua; South polar skua, Stercorarius maccormicki (A) Pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius ...