Avibase: Sterna paradisaea (Arctic Tern)

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, E 1763

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Bram Vogels	2022-06-10	Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Svalbard (Norway) (0 m)	call, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	733538 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	David Darrell-Lambert	2021-07-19	Isle of Anglesey, Wales, Anglesey (United Kingdom) (0 m)	adult, sex uncertain - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	663980 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Stanislas Wroza	2018-07-18	Reykhólar, Westfjords Region, Western Fjords (Iceland) (10 m)	alarm call, call, flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	432747 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Oscar Campbell	2021-07-13	Tory Island, Donegal (Ireland) (10 m)	adult, alarm call, flight call - Calls and mobbing calls of adults (two or three birds in vicinity), flying around carrying food, with at least one flying juvenile near West Lighthouse. High pass filter at 500Hz / 6db applied. Also Common Ringed Plover and Eurasian Oystercatcher in background. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	669800 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Julien Piette	2025-10-05	Dunkerque, Nord, Hauts-de-France, Nord (France) (10 m)	nocturnal flight call - [sono]	1046192 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Irish Wildlife Sounds	2022-07-17	Carne, Wexford, County Wexford, Wexford (Ireland) (0 m)	flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	740909 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Thomas Bergman	2020-05-02	Tullgarnsnäs, Hölö, Södermanland, Stockholm (Sweden) (0 m)	flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	554836 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Peter Boesman	2007-05-18	Lauwersmeer, Friesland, Friesland (Netherlands)	interaction call - Two birds interacting in flight.	281212 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Patrick Franke	2010-08-05	North Sea, offshore, Germany (Germany)	flight call - AD playback-used:no	435270 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Alan Dalton	2021-07-14	Hällögern; Västerbotten, Robertsfors (Sweden) (0 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain - Passive recording with Audiomoth 1.2 and Clippy Microphone bird-seen:no playback-used:no	663897 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Irish Wildlife Sounds	2022-06-03	Carne, Wexford, County Wexford, Wexford (Ireland) (0 m)	flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	740916 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Irish Wildlife Sounds	2022-07-13	Carne, Wexford, County Wexford, Wexford (Ireland) (0 m)	nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	740925 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Jelmer Poelstra	2012-04-28	Fågelsundet, Uppland, Uppsala (Sweden) (50 m)	call (A) -	107982 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Andrew Spencer	2013-05-25	Safety Sound, Nome Census Area, Alaska, Nome (United States) (0 m)	call - Natural vocalizations; calls from four birds in flight. They seemed to be acting as two pairs, which interacted in an aggressive manner with each other, and parted ways at the end of the cut. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	140733 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Alan Dalton	2023-07-13	Hällögern; Västerbotten, Robertsfors (Sweden) (0 m)	- Begging calls and call of male feeding mate.	816469 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Sunny	2017-07-08	Allaikhovsky District, Sakha Republic, Sakha, Republic of (Russian Federation) (10 m)	call - High pass filter (1200Hz, 6dB) bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	396648 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Ricardo Hevia	2021-09-10	Ortegal (near Cariño), A Coruña, Galicia, Cariño (Spain) (20 m)	nocturnal flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	673526 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Alan Dalton	2021-08-11	Landsort, Nynäshamn Municipality, Stockholms län, Nynäshamn (Sweden) (10 m)	begging call, juvenile, nocturnal flight call, sex uncertain - Passive recording with SM4 bird-seen:no playback-used:no	672633 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Irish Wildlife Sounds	2021-06-05	Tory Island, County Donegal, County Donegal, Donegal (Ireland) (10 m)	flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	666840 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Benjamin Drillat	2026-06-04	Breivikbotn, Hasvik, Finnmark, Hasvik (Norway) (140 m)	call - [sono]	1152976 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Volker Arnold	2013-07-17	Eidersperrwerk, Kating, Eiderstedt, Schleswig-Holstein, Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) (0 m)	alarm call, flight call - At the rim of a breeding colony directly at the flood barrage. Longer parts omitted. Filtered due to wind and traffic noise. Many different calls. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	142818 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Irish Wildlife Sounds	2022-07-02	Ballyvoge, Cork, County Cork, Cork (Ireland) (50 m)	flight call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	740894 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Albert Lastukhin	2018-05-29	Surgutsky District, Khanty-Mansiyskiy avtonomnyy okrug, Khanty-Mansiysky Oblast (Russian Federation) (60 m)	flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	432436 xeno-canto.org
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea	Mark Pearson	2023-09-26	Filey, North Yorkshire, England, North Yorkshire (United Kingdom) (50 m)	call, flight call, nocturnal flight call - [sono]	832337 xeno-canto.org

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