Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea

Sterne arctique

Arctic Ternadult breeding, identification
Nicheuse en Islande, la Sterne arctique vit en colonie de plusieurs milliers d'individus.
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  • identification
  • adult
  • breeding
  • Charrán ártico
  • gaivina-do-ártico
  • Küstenseeschwalbe
  • Sterna paradisaea
  • Charadriiformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Charadriiformes
Family : Laridae
Species : Arctic Tern

Geographic range by countries


specie's pictures

by the author
all the pictures

The picture

O.Net ref. : dico36554
Author :
Plumage : adult, breeding

Shooting

date : 2007 Jul
Country : Iceland (ic)
Region : East
Place : Höfn Höfn
Lat. : 64° 15' 24'' North
Lng. : 0° 0' 0'' East

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : Canon EOS 20D
Exposure : 1/500 s

aperture : 6.3

Focal length : 375 mm

Iso : 200

Flash : no