Arctic tern

A white bird with black cap, red legs and beak, and light grey wings prepares to take flight from a sandbar

Photo By/Credit

Peter Pearsall/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

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An Arctic tern lifts off from a sandbar.

Species

Sterna paradisaea

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