Avibase: Sterna vittata (Antarctic Tern)

Antarctic Tern

Sterna vittata Gmelin, JF 1789

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

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Antarctic Tern - Sterna vittata bethunei	Sander Lagerveld	2017-11-22	Campbell Island, Campbell Islands (New Zealand) (2 m)	call - Recording equipment: Marantz PMD-661 mkIII / Sennheiser ME 67 Recording modified with Audacity 2.2.0: - normalized (-0.5 dB) - high pass filter (500 Hz / rolloff 36 dB) - fade in /fade out bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	396457 xeno-canto.org
Antarctic Tern (South Georgia) - Sterna vittata georgiae	Santiago Imberti	2025-10-24	, null	-	644219830 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern (South Georgia) - Sterna vittata georgiae	Jacob C. Cooper	2022-01-14	Cobbler's Ridge, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory (incl. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	-	417008851 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern - Sterna vittata	Jim Holmes	2016-04-18	Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, Tristan da Cunha, Tristan da Cunha (Tristan da Cunha Islands) (10 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	314477 xeno-canto.org
Antarctic Tern - Sterna vittata	Steve Hampton	2023-10-27	, South Georgia Island (mainland) (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	-	611263320 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern (Antarctic) - Sterna vittata [vittata Group]	Jacob C. Cooper	2022-01-04	Joubin Islands, Antarctica, Antarctica, Antarctica (Antarctica)	-	416444401 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern - Sterna vittata	Fabrice Schmitt	2018-01-07	Half Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, South Shetland Island (South Shetland and South Orkney Islands) (0 m)	alarm call, call, display, flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	415431 xeno-canto.org
Antarctic Tern (South Georgia) - Sterna vittata georgiae	Jacob C. Cooper	2022-01-12	Cooper Bay, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory (incl. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	-	416452371 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern (Antarctic) - Sterna vittata [vittata Group]	Jacob C. Cooper	2022-01-04	Joubin Islands, Antarctica, Antarctica, Antarctica (Antarctica)	-	416444731 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern - Sterna vittata	Jim Holmes	2016-04-08	Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, Tristan da Cunha, Tristan da Cunha (Tristan da Cunha Islands) (10 m)	begging call, juvenile - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	314475 xeno-canto.org
Antarctic Tern (South Georgia) - Sterna vittata georgiae	Jacob C. Cooper	2022-01-12	Cooper Bay, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory (incl. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	-	416452261 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern - Sterna vittata	Doug Gochfeld	2019-11-16	Enderby Island, Southland, New Zealand, Southland (New Zealand)	-	288078041 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern (South Georgia) - Sterna vittata georgiae	Josep del Hoyo	2012-04-12	, South Georgia Island (mainland) (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	-	203899371 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern (South Georgia) - Sterna vittata georgiae	Jacob C. Cooper	2022-01-14	Cobbler's Ridge, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory (incl. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	-	417008861 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern - Sterna vittata	Jim Holmes	2016-04-01	St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island (mainland) (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands) (0 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	314461 xeno-canto.org
Antarctic Tern (South Georgia) - Sterna vittata georgiae	Josep del Hoyo	2012-04-12	, South Georgia Island (mainland) (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	-	203899361 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern (South Georgia) - Sterna vittata georgiae	Roger McNeill	2025-12-30	, null	-	649496424 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern - Sterna vittata	Santiago Imberti	2025-02-25	, null	-	631615250 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern (South Georgia) - Sterna vittata georgiae	Laurent Demongin	2008-09-25	, British Antarctic Territory (incl. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	-	203972031 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern (Antarctic) - Sterna vittata [vittata Group]	Santiago Imberti	2005-01-06	Deception Island--Whaler's Bay, Antarctica, Antarctica, South Shetland Island (South Shetland and South Orkney Islands)	-	300523021 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern (South Georgia) - Sterna vittata georgiae	Santiago Imberti	2025-10-24	, null	-	644219806 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern - Sterna vittata georgiae	JACOB Hervé	2016-04-01	Grytviken, South Georgia, South Georgia Islands (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands) (0 m)	call, seal - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	322538 xeno-canto.org
Antarctic Tern (South Georgia) - Sterna vittata georgiae	Jacob C. Cooper	2022-01-16	Grytviken to Maiviken Hike, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory (incl. South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)	- Note date in filename is wrong; did not access any sites on the 15th.	417009481 macaulaylibrary.org
Antarctic Tern - Sterna vittata	Sofia Wasylyk	30-11-00	Fortuna, South Georgia, South Georgia Islands (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands) (? m)	song (B) - From Birds Sounds of Southern South America by Lopez-Lanus (2008)	61769 xeno-canto.org

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