Arctic Tern / Sterna paradisaea LC
- Old latin name for bird Sterna macrura, Sterna paradisea, Sterna paradisae
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Where to see Arctic Tern
- Breeding region Eurasia, North America
- Breeding subregion widespread Arctic and subarctic coasts and inland, from Greenland, Iceland and British Isles to ne Siberia, Sakhalin and Kamchatka (e Russia), Aleutian Is., Alaska mainland through Arctic and subarctic Canada to James Bay, se Canada and New York
- Non breeding region subantarctic and oceans and Antarctic Ocean to edge of pack-ice
- Algeria
- Angola
- Antarctica
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Bouvet Island
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Bulgaria
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chile
- Colombia
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Southern Territories
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Romania
- Russia
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Vietnam
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Western Sahara
- Åland Islands
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Arktiese Seeswael (Arktiese Sterretjie), Arktiese Sterretjie, Gewone Sterretjie, Arktiese Seeswael |
| Albanian | Dallëndyshe deti bishtgjatë |
| Arabic | الخرشنة القطبية, الخرشنة القطبية الجنة, خرشنة قطبية |
| Armenian | Բևեռային ջրածիծառ |
| Azerbaijani | qütb zağcası, qütb susüpürəni |
| Bashkir | поляр сарлағы |
| Basque | Xatrac àrtic, Ipar-txenada |
| Belarusian | Палярная крычка, Крычка палярная |
| Bengali | িঅকিটিক ানচচর |
| Breton | Skravig an hanternoz, Skravig-ar-sterenn |
| Bulgarian | Полярна рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac àrtic, Xatrac gros |
| Chinese | 北极燕鸥, [bei-ji yan-ou] |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 北極燕鷗 |
| Cornish | Morwennol Arctyk |
| Cree | taskateneoo kiask |
| Croatian | arktička čigra, Polarna čigra |
| Czech | rybák dlouhoocasý |
| Danish | Havterne |
| Dutch | Noorse Stern, Noordse Stern |
| Esperanto | Arkta ŝterno |
| Estonian | randtiir |
| Faroese | Terna, Knokksvarta |
| Finnish | lapintiira |
| French | Hirondelle de mer paradis, Sterne arctique |
| Frisian | Noardske stirns |
| Galician | Carrán ártico, Xatrac àrtic |
| German | Küsten-Seeschwalbe, Kustenseeschwalbe, Küstenseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Χιονογλάρονο, Χιovoγλάρovo |
| Guarani | Atî |
| Hebrew | שחפית קוטב, שחפית קטב |
| Hungarian | sarki csér |
| Icelandic | Kría |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut Arktik, Daralaut Arktik |
| Inuktitut | Emakatilak, Imeqqutaalaq |
| Irish | Geabhróg Artach |
| Italian | Sterna artica, Sterna codalunga |
| Japanese | キョクアジサシ |
| Kazakh | поляр қарқылдағы |
| Korean | 북극제비갈매기 |
| Latvian | Garastes zīriņš, jūras zīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Ilgauodegė žuvėdra, poliarinė žuvėdra, Poliarine žuvedra, Arktinė žuvėdra |
| Luxembourgish | Mierséischmuewel, Arktesch Séischmuewel |
| Macedonian | Арктичка чигра |
| Maltese | Cirlewwa tal-Artiku, Ċirlewwa ta'l-Artiku |
| Manx | Sternag Arctagh, Gant ny gibbinyn |
| Maori | Tara-nui |
| Mongolian | хараацайлаг цахлай, Умардын хараалай, хараацай цахлай, эгэл хараалай, хараалай |
| Northern Sami | Čearret, Cearret |
| Norwegian | rødnebbterne, Isterne, Kystterne, Kyssterne |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Raudnebbterne |
| Polish | rybitwa popielata, Rybitwa zwyczajna |
| Portuguese | andorinha do mar ártica, trinta-réis-ártico / gaivina-do-árctico, andorinha-do-mar-árctica, Andorinha-do-mar-ártica (Po), Trinta-réis-artico, Andorinha-do-mar-ártica, Andorinha-do-mar-árctica, trinta-réis-ártico, Gaivina-ártica, Trinta-réis-ártico / Gaivina do Árctico, Gaivina-árctica |
| Romanian | Chiră arctică, Chiră polară |
| Romansh | pestgarel artic, Pestgarel arctic |
| Russian | Крачка полярная, Полярная крачка |
| Serbian | Arktička čigra, Арктичка чигра, Arkticka cigra |
| Slovak | rybár dlhochvostý |
| Slovenian | polarna cigra, polarna čigra |
| Spanish | Golondrina-marina Artica, Gaviotín Artico, Gaviotín Ärtico, Charrá árctico, Gaviota golondrina caspiana, Gaviotín ártico, Charrán ártico, Golondrina-marina Caspica, Charrán Viajero, Gaviota del Ártico, Charrán Artico |
| Swedish | silvertärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบขั้วโลกเหนือ |
| Turkish | Kutup Sumrusu, Kuzey sumrusu |
| Ukrainian | Крячок полярний , Полярний крячок, крячок полярний |
| Uzbek | қутб чигиртчиси, қутб крачкаси |
| Welsh | Morwennol y gogledd, Môr-wennol y Gogledd, Morwennol fach |
| Xhosa | Unothenteza |



























