Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Terns :: Aleutian Tern

Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica

Described by: Baird (1869)
Alternate common name(s): Kamchatka Tern
Old scientific name(s): Sterna camtschatica

Photographs

Safety Sound, near Nome, Alaska, USA - Jun 20, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Safety Sound, near Nome, Alaska, USA - Jun 20, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Nome River, near Nome, Alaska, USA - Jun 19, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Adak Island, Alaska, USA - Date unknown Courtesy of F Deines/USFWS 
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Range

Ne. Asia and Alaska;
E. Siberia from Sakhalin Is. n. through the Sea of Okhotsk and Kamchatka to the Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea and n. Pacific Ocean coast of Alaska from Cape Krusenstern and the Kotzebue Sound s. to the Aleutian Is. w. to Attu then e. to the Copper River Delta, Dry Bay and Kodiak Is. Breeding has been recorded in n. Japan (Hokkaido).
Winter range unknown, but birds occur in Philippine waters.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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