Arctic tern
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The Arctic tern is a tern in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. The species is strongly
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An Arctic tern nesting on the Farne Islands, from where the longest migration is recorded
Nesting with an egg
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Common tern
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The common tern is a seabird in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. It is s
Arctic tern
…and the bill and legs are black. Juveniles also have a partly white forehead, and narrow pale orangey-brown fringes on the grey mantle feathers (unlike common tern, where the mantle feathers are more completely gingery-brown). Arctic terns are long-lived birds, with many reaching fifteen to thirty years of age…
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Adult S. h. hirundo in the harbour of Jyväskylä, Finland
Adult S. h. hirundo in breeding plumage at Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts
Detail of primary feather