WoRMS taxon details

Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763

137165  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137165)

accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Pontoppidan, E. (1763). Den Danske atlas eller Konge-Riget Dannemark, med dets naturlige egenskaber, elementer, indbyggere, værter, dyr og andre affødninger, dets gamle tildragelser og nærværende omstændingheder i alle provintzer, stæder, kirker, slotte og herre-gaarde. Forestillet ved en udførlig lands-beskrivelse, saa og oplyst med dertil forfærdigede land-kort over enhver provintz, samt ziret med stædernes prospecter, grund-ridser, og andre merkværdige kaabber-stykker. Efter Søy-kongelig allernaadigst befalning. 1: 1-723., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN391287532
page(s): 622 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Description Length: 33-41 cm. Plumage: tail, rump, back and wings pale grey, wingtips darker grey; hind neck white; forehean white,...  
Description Length: 33-41 cm. Plumage: tail, rump, back and wings pale grey, wingtips darker grey; hind neck white; forehean white, forecrown speckled white; below white; breeding bird has pearl grey below, cheeks white; deeply forked tail extends slightly beyond wing. Immature browner on back. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill red in breeding and black in non-breeding birds; feet and legs red in breeding and black in non-breeding. Habitat: open ocean and seashores. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]

Distribution North America; Oceania; range extends from the Arctic to the Bay of Fundy region  
Distribution North America; Oceania; range extends from the Arctic to the Bay of Fundy region [details]

Nomenclature Old name: Sterna macrura Naumann, 1819  
Nomenclature Old name: Sterna macrura Naumann, 1819 [details]
WoRMS (2024). Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137165 on 2024-03-19
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original description Pontoppidan, E. (1763). Den Danske atlas eller Konge-Riget Dannemark, med dets naturlige egenskaber, elementer, indbyggere, værter, dyr og andre affødninger, dets gamle tildragelser og nærværende omstændingheder i alle provintzer, stæder, kirker, slotte og herre-gaarde. Forestillet ved en udførlig lands-beskrivelse, saa og oplyst med dertil forfærdigede land-kort over enhver provintz, samt ziret med stædernes prospecter, grund-ridser, og andre merkværdige kaabber-stykker. Efter Søy-kongelig allernaadigst befalning. 1: 1-723., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN391287532
page(s): 622 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

context source (BeRMS 2020) Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). European Seabirds at Sea - data collected by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). INBO Seabird distribution data (all trips). [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]   

additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]   

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]   

additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]   

additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383. [details]   

additional source Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>  [details]   

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]   

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]   

additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]   

additional source Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13885 [details]   

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Breeding Category Visitor [details]

Description Length: 33-41 cm. Plumage: tail, rump, back and wings pale grey, wingtips darker grey; hind neck white; forehean white, forecrown speckled white; below white; breeding bird has pearl grey below, cheeks white; deeply forked tail extends slightly beyond wing. Immature browner on back. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill red in breeding and black in non-breeding birds; feet and legs red in breeding and black in non-breeding. Habitat: open ocean and seashores. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]

Dimensions Length: 15 1/2" (39 cm); Wingspan: 31" (79 cm) [details]

Distribution North America; Oceania; range extends from the Arctic to the Bay of Fundy region [details]

IUCN Red List Category Least Concern [details]

Nomenclature Old name: Sterna macrura Naumann, 1819 [details]

Reproduction Breeds in the Arctic and Subarctic of North America and Eurasia. In America, it Breeds from Greenland to Alaska, and on the Atlantic Coast locally south to New England. Winters in the southern hemisphere on the waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans as they approach the antarctic continent [details]
LanguageName 
Bulgarian Полярна рибарка  [details]
Danish havterne  [details]
Dutch noordse stern  [details]
English Artic ternArctic tern  [details]
French sterne arctiquesterne à longue queue  [details]
German Küstenseeschwalbe  [details]
Hebrew שחפית הקוטב *שחפית הקוטב  [details]
Icelandic krîa  [details]
Italian sterna codalunga  [details]
Lithuanian poliarinė žuvėdra  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Χιονογλάρονο  [details]
Norwegian rødnebbterne  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål rødnebbterne  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk raudnebbterne  [details]
Polish rybitwa popielata  [details]
Russian полярная крачка  [details]
Scottish Gaelic geabhróg Artach  [details]
Slovenian polarna čigra  [details]
Spanish charrán ártico  [details]
Swedish silvertärna  [details]
Turkish kuzey sumrusu  [details]
Ukrainian Полярний крячокКрячок полярний  [details]
Welsh môr-wennol y Gogledd  [details]