Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea

Sterne arctique

Arctic Ternadult breeding, identification

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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

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The picture

O.Net ref. : mafa87538
Author :
Plumage : adult, breeding

Shooting

date : 2010 Aug
Country : Iceland (ic)
Region : East
Place : Jökulsárlón Jökulsárlón
Lat. : 64° 3' 12'' North
Lng. : 16° 21' 59'' West

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D2Xs
Exposure : 1/750 s

aperture : 2.8

Focal length : 400 mm

Iso : 100

Flash : no