Breeding adult © Alix d'Entremont eBird S71581449 Macaulay Library ML 249987771
Breeding adult © Jay McGowan
Breeding adult © Melissa Hafting
Nonbreeding adult © Daniel Murphy
Breeding adult © Oscar Wilhelmy
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Juvenile © Ilya Povalyaev
Juvenile © Peter Candido
Breeding adult © Paul Tavares

Полярна рибарка Sterna paradisaea

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Identification

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Elegant seabird with extremely long wings and forked tail. Adults are pale gray with white cheek, black cap, and red bill and legs. Very similar to Common Tern; note shorter bill, shorter legs, gray belly, and paler gray wingtips with very limited dark tips. Young birds show partial black cap and black bill and legs; look for pale gray wingtips and stubbier legs to separate from Common Tern. Rarely seen away from breeding grounds on coastal islands or small ponds in the Arctic tundra. Migrates offshore, heading for wintering grounds in Southern Hemisphere.

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