Arctic tern
Sterna paradisaea
CommonPhoto: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Birdcarnivore
The Arctic tern is a small seabird that breeds in the Arctic and subarctic, then migrates all the way to Antarctica each year. It holds the record for the longest migration of any animal, traveling up to 96,000 km annually to enjoy endless summer.
- Makes a round trip from Arctic to Antarctic and back each year
- One tagged tern flew 96,000 km in ten months
- Sees more daylight than any other creature by chasing summer
OceanTundraPolarArcticAntarcticaEurope
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Bird
- Scientific name
- Sterna paradisaea
- Habitat
- Ocean, Tundra, Polar
- Regions in this directory
- Arctic, Antarctica, Europe
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- small
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)
