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Arctic Tern

Arctic Tern

Scientific Name: Sterna paradisaea

Abundance
SpringSummerFallWinter
CCU

Field Notes

  • Medium-sized tern with short, slender, short red bill.
  • Gray upper parts.
  • Black cap and nape.
  • Narrow black trailing edge on wing tip.
  • Short legs.
  • Long, deeply forked tail.
  • Rounded head.
  • Sexes look the same.

Similar Species

Young Aleutian tern is brown on back. Common Tern has more black on wing edges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueGAeGlbJZE

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