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Sterna paradisaea

Assessment information
CMS InstrumentsCMS, AEWA
IUCN StatusLeast concern
Date of entry in Appendix II1994
Geographic range
Countries Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Canada, Congo (Brazzaville), Cuba, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa), Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Suriname, Sweden, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay

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Common names
EnglishArctic Tern
FrenchSterne Arctique
SpanishCharrán artico, gaviotín artico
GermanKüstenseeschwalbe
Taxonomy
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyLaridae
Scientific name Sterna paradisaea

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Other details
Additional notesAtlantic populations.

Related content

Document Number Title Publish date CMS Instrument
COP4 II/97 Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea (Atlantic popuations) AEWA, CMS