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

    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.)
  – Arctic circumpolar; winters sub-Antarctic and Antarctic seas.

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