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Migration Routes of the Arctic Tern
Emu, 1958(1958). Migration Routes of the Arctic Tern. Emu - Austral Ornithology: Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 59-62.
G M Storr
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Interspecific and Local Variation in Tern Chick Diets Across Nesting Colonies in the Gulf of Maine
Waterbirds, 2021 The Gulf of Maine, USA is home to four colonial co-nesting tern species: Least Tern (Sternula antillarum), Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea), and the federally endangered Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii).
Adrian Jordaan, Michelle D Staudinger
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Biometrics and colour forms of chicks of common terns and arctic terns
Ringing & Migration, 1984Methods of distinguishing the chicks of Common and Arctic Terns based on measurement of tarsus length and on the colours of the dorsal down and the belly down are described. The variation of tarsus length with age was investigated by relating it to bill length, to mid‐toe length, and to body weight.
J. C. A. Craik, S. M. Harvey
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Breeding Arctic Terns Kill Lemmings
ARCTIC, 2010Arctic terns ( Sterna paradisaea ) are well known for exhibiting vigorous defense of nests at their breeding colonies. However, in 2008 we observed a previously unreported behavior by terns. We watched chick-rearing adult terns attacking collared lemmings ( Dicrostonyx groenlandicus ), which included repeatedly lifting them into the air and dropping ...
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Ibis, 1994 Time budgets of free-living chicks of Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea and Common Terns S. hirundo throughout development are presented with special reference to changes in time allocation when growth rate varies.
Marcel Klaassen, Eric W M Stienen
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