arctic tern

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arctic tern also Arctic tern

A tern (Sterna paradisaea) that is noted for its extremely long migrations, typically from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back each year.

arctic tern

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a black-capped tern, Sterna paradisea, that breeds in the Arctic and then migrates as far south as the Antarctic

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When she and her colleagues compared the 1984 estimates to the 1989 through 1991 surveys, population declines at oiled sites appeared to exceed those at unoiled sites among loons, harlequin ducks, scoters, black oystercatchers, Arctic terns, and mew gulls.

Some bird populations soaring down by Raloff, Janet / Science News

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