Imagine that you are an Arctic tern that is migration for the winter with its family. Describe an adventure that you will have during your journey.
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Arctic Tern - Facts and Adaptations
Sterna paradisaea
Making a round trip of up to 90 000km a year while weighing about the same as a quarter pound burger and seeing more continuous daylight than any other animal on earth in the north and south polar summers makes this elegant extreme flier one of the most remarkable of all birds.
ARCTIC TERN FACTS BASICS
Arctic tern
Average Weight: 95 to 120g (3.3 - 4.2 oz),
Average Length: 33 to 39 cm long (13 - 15.5 inches), wingspan 66 - 77 cm (26 - 30 inches).
Breeding Season: April/May in the Arctic summer, when the young have fledged and become independent, they then fly to Antarctica (including the juveniles) where they winter during the Antarctic summer before flying back again to the Arctic to breed the following year.
Estimated world population: 2 million individuals, 500-900,000 breeding pairs in Europe.
Feeding & diet: Opportunistic feeders, they feed on fish and larger zooplankton such as krill especially when in Antarctica. They catch their prey by seeing them from the air, searching and hovering much like a hawk does on the land and then diving to catch them.
Conservation status: Conservation status - a conservation priority in some parts of the range.
Distribution: Circumpolar around the Arctic including many islands, native to the far north usually found in treeless tundra.
Predators: Nests are vulnerable as they are generally on the ground, arctic foxes, polar bears and mink may take eggs and chicks.
Distribution range and migration routes of the Arctic Tern, nesting region in red
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- The best human long-distance runners are frequently exceedingly tall and lanky. Cranes, herons, and flamingos may be thought of as the best long-distance travellers if similar reasoning were extended to the world of birds.
- In actuality, the Arctic tern, a tiny bird with a weight of only a quarter of a pound and a wingspan of approximately two feet, has the title of the world's furthest long-distance migrant. This little bird travels 44,000 miles round-trip annually from its nesting sites in the Arctic to its eating areas in Antarctica.
- The Arctic Tern is a tiny, slender, grey and white bird with angular wings that is well-known for its extensive annual migration. It flies about 25,000 kilometres from its Arctic breeding grounds to Antarctica, where it enjoys the Antarctic summer.
- Breeding birds have a red bill, short red legs, and a complete black cap. Arctic Terns are sociable birds that gather in packs and build colonies of ground nests. They frequently soar on beautiful, buoyant wings while resting on the ice.
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