Taxonomy & Nomenclature
| Scientific Name |
Sterna paradisaea |
| Author |
Pontoppidan, 1763 |
| Taxonomic Rank |
Species |
| Taxonomic # |
176890 |
| Common Names |
English: Arctic Tern
French: Sterne arctique
Spanish: Charrán ártico |
| Taxonomic Parents |
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Sterna
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Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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| ITIS# | 176890 |
| Status | IUCN:LC |
| #records | 6,457 |
| #datasets | 14 |
| Years | 1969 - 2008 |
| Latitudes | -69.43 - 76.53 |
| Longitudes | -178.64 - 179.43 |
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