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 Isla del Coco National Park
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
White Tern
Gygis alba
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
Larus pipixcan
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Wandering Tattler
Tringa incana
Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Arctic Tern at Isla del Coco 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