Charadriiformes / Laridae / Sterna
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Sterna
Distribution
breeds circumpolarly, Arctic coasts and inland, from Greenland, Iceland, and British Isles eastward to Kamchatka (eastern Russia), through Aleutian Islands, Alaska mainland through Arctic and subarctic Canada to southeastern Canada; winters subantarctic and Antarctic Ocean to edge of pack-ice
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.
