Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Antarctic Tern
Sterna vittata
The Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata) is a 139 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.
- Family
- Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Weight
- 139 g
- Habitat
- Marine
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Migrant
- Countries recorded
- 9
Recorded in Antarctica, S. Geo. and the Is., South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, SH, Fr. S. and Antarctic Lands, Heard I. and McDonald Is., Argentina.
Where to see it: Mare aux Eléphants et Base Martin de Viviès (accès restreint) (French Southern and Antarctic Lands); Andvord Bay · Neko Harbor (Antarctica); Grytviken (South Georgia and the Islands); Errera Channel · Cuverville Island (Antarctica); Half Moon Island (Antarctica).
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