Species profile—Sterna paradisaea (Arctic tern)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Laridae (gulls, terns and noddies) → Sterna paradisaea (Arctic tern)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Laridae (gulls, terns and noddies)
- Scientific name
- Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
- Common name
- Arctic tern
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1887
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1887.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
