Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea

Sterne arctique

Arctic Ternadult breeding, courting display, Behaviour

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  • courting display
  • comportement
  • pair
  • 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. : stbe140179
Author :
Plumage : adult, breeding

Shooting

date : 2011 Jun
Country : Iceland (ic)
Region : Southern Peninsula
Place : Gullbringusysla Gullbringusysla
Lat. : 64° 0' 11'' North
Lng. : 22° 14' 24'' West

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : PENTAX K-5
Exposure : 1/1000 s

aperture : 9

Focal length : 600 mm

Iso : 800

Flash : no