Sterna vittata / Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata)

Wikipedia: Antarctic tern Quelle: OTHER 1200px-Sterna_vittata_-_Antarctica_I.jpg
Systematik: Gattung Sterna; Unterfamilie Möwenverwandte (Sterninae); Ordnung Regenpfeiferartige (Charadriiformes); Klasse Vögel (aves); Unterstamm Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata); Stamm Chordatiere (Chordata); Reich Chordatiere (Animalia); Domäne Eukaryoten (Eukaryota)
Allgemein: The Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata) is a seabird in the family Laridae. It ranges throughout the southern oceans and is found on small islands around Antarctica as well as on the shores of the mainland. Its diet consists primarily of small fish and crustaceans. It is very similar in appearance to the closely related Arctic tern, but it is stockier, and it is in its breeding plumage in the southern summer, when the Arctic tern has shed old feathers to get its non-breeding plumage. The Antarctic tern does not migrate like the Arctic tern does, but it can still be found on a very large range. This tern species is actually more closely related to the South American tern.^[2] [more]

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