Arctic tern [SEP] parent taxon
Arctic tern
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, Asia, and North America (as far south as Brittany and Massachusetts). The species is strongly migratory, seeing two summers each year as it migrates along a convoluted route from its northern breeding grounds to the Antarctic coast for the southern summer and back again about six months later. Recent studies have shown average annual roundtrip lengths
- Arctic skua
- Pomarine skua
- South polar skua
Gulls.
- Pacific gull
- Kelp gull
- Silver gull
Terns.
- Australian tern
- Caspian tern
- Crested tern
- White-fronted tern
- Common tern
- Antarctic tern
- Fairy tern
- Sooty tern
- Whiskered tern
- Arctic tern
- Little tern
- White-winged tern
Pigeons and doves.
- Rock dove (introduced)
- Spotted dove (