Arctic Tern                         Welcome to Zonein's Animals of the Arctic information files.
Common name: Arctic tern

Scientific name: Sterna paradisaea

Location: worldwide

Size: lengths up to 39cm, weight up to 127g

Life Span:  20 years

Current Status: endangered in some areas of its range

Habitat: coastal areas

Fast facts:
---can travel up to 80,000km per year
---can travel as far as Antarctica and back to breeding grounds in northern hemisphere
---Diet: fish and small marine invertebrates

 

Arctic tern
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) in Quttinirpaaq National Park, Nunavut, Canada
Photo by Ansgar Walk

Arctic tern

Photo by Toivo Toivanen & Tiina Toppila