Where does the Arctic Tern live?

Sterna paradisaea has 841,834 records in 134 countries and territories, from 1773 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

• 841,834 records
• 134 places
• 178 years recorded
• Aves class

When it is recorded

Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

Showing the top 40 of 134 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Laridae.

Ring-billed Gull

11,223,960 records

Herring Gull

7,289,858 records

Lesser Black-backed Gull

6,915,295 records

American herring gull

6,899,110 records

Black-headed Gull

6,838,408 records

Great Black-backed Gull

5,036,634 records

Mew Gull

3,398,916 records

Laughing Gull

3,221,312 records