Arctic tern  (Sterna paradisaea)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Sternidae
Genus Sterna (1)
Size Wingspan: 66-77 cm(2)
Length (including tail streamers): 33-39 cm (2)
Weight 95-120 g (3)
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Status

Included in the Birds of Conservation Concern Amber List (medium conservation concern) (3). Receives general protection in Great Britain under the Wildlife and Countryside Act and listed under Annex I of the EC Birds Directive. Listed as a Species of European Conservation Concern (4).