Monday, August 29, 2022

Arctic Tern

This is a migratory bird. This covers the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. It is estimated that these birds trtavels about 70,900 km for birds nesting in Iceland and Greenland and about 48,700 km for birds nesting in the Netherlands. These are by far the longest migrations known in the animal kingdom.
These birds are mainly grey and white plumaged, with a red beak and feet and black nape and crown. Arctic terns are long-lived birds, with fifteen to thirty years of age. They eat mainly fish and small marine invertebrates.


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