Arctic tern - Sterna paradisaea

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Sterna paradisaea
Author Pontoppidan, 1763
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176890
Common Names Spanish: Charrán ártico
English: Arctic Tern
French: Sterne arctique
Portuguese: trinta-réis-ártico
Portuguese: gaivina-do-árctico
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Sterna
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Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN176890
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    -
Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
    LC (Europe)
#records (spatial)10,768
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets44
Year1901 - 2023
Latitude-76.84 - 76.53
Longitude-164.38 - 227.68
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