Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusSterna (Typical Terns)
- SpeciesSterna paradisaea (Arctic Tern)
Closest Relatives at Cairngorms National Park
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Gull
Larus canus
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
European Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Arctic Tern at Cairngorms National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there