Antarctic Tern

分类位置

同属物种

北极燕鸥

Arctic Tern

黑腹燕鸥

Black-bellied Tern

黑枕燕鸥

Black-naped Tern

普通燕鸥

Common Tern

Forster's Tern

Forster's Tern

Kerguelen Tern

Kerguelen Tern

形态与习性

The Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata) is a seabird in the family Laridae. It ranges throughout the southern oceans and is found on small islands around Antarctica as well as on the shores of the mainland. Its diet consists primarily of small fish and crustaceans. It is very similar in appearance to the closely related Arctic tern, but it is stockier, and it is in its breeding plumage in the southern summer, when the Arctic tern has shed old feathers to get its non-breeding plumage. The Antarctic t