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Arctic Tern

Dutch: Noordse Stern
German: Küstenseeschwalbe
Spanish: Charrán Ártico
French: Sterne arctique

Order:

Charadriiformes

Family:

Sternidae

Genus:

Sterna

Species:

Sterna paradisaea

Images

10 mm

Side, top and bottom view of skull. (Click on image to enlarge)

Length:

71 mm

Length cranium:

32 mm

Width (cranium):

21 mm

Height (cranium):

17 mm

Length bill:

39 mm

Skull ratio: (Length / Length bill)

1.82

Extra image:

juvenile bird, l: 63 mm

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