Arctic Tern

Order - Charadriiformes
Family - Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

北极燕鸥 (běi-jí yàn-ōu)

    Malay : Camar Artik

    Japanese : キョクアジサシ (kyoku aji-sashi)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 極鯵刺

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 64,800,000km²
    Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 126,000,000km²
    Migratory Status : Full Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 28–39 cm; 90–120 g; Wingspan 65–75 cm

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (No type locality = Christiansoe, Denmark, ex Brünnich, Orn. Boreal., 1764, p. 46.)
  – Circumpolar breeding range, from shores of Arctic Ocean south, in some coastal areas, to 41°N. Nests widely inland in Far North, generally north of range of Common Tern, but the 2 species overlap along w. Atlantic coast south of 52°N. In nonbreeding season, occurs principally around Antarctica during austral summer; widespread during migration (observed principally at sea).

Distribution Map

1st Malaysia Record !!!
Found by Christopher Neil Gibbins on 28 September 2025

Date : 05 October 2025

Location : Gold Coast Morib, Banting, Daerah Kuala Langat, Selangor