Arctic Tern Facts: the LONGEST MIGRATION | Animal Fact Files

The arctic tern makes the longest migration of all living animals! In fact, these birds fly tens of thousands of miles each year! Learn more arctic tern facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!
Scientific Name: Sterna paradisaea
Range: Northern European and Siberian islands and peninsulas; Northern parts of North America, Iceland, and Greenland; Weddell Sea
Habitat: Coastal areas, inland lakes, ice floes, and islands
Size: 30 inches (76.2cm) wingspan; 0.2 pounds (90.7g)
Diet: Fish, crustaceans, and insects
Threats: Foxes, minks, rats, and other seabirds like skuas
Life span: Approximately thirty years or more
Hear the call of an arctic tern here: • Whose Line - Arctic Tern
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Image and Video Credits:
BKOWebdesign - • Küstenseeschwalben brü...
Sandcastle Cottage, Crail, Fife - • Arctic Terns at Kirkma...
Encyclopedia of Life - • Arctic Tern Migration ...
Green screen, Fun. Effects - • Green screen, Epic, Wa...
Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith - www.flickr.com/photos/slobird... www.flickr.com/photos/slobird... www.flickr.com/photos/slobird... www.flickr.com/photos/slobird...
Mike Beauregard - www.flickr.com/photos/3185633...
fr.zil - www.flickr.com/photos/fr_zil/...
Ulrich Latzenhofer - www.flickr.com/photos/latzenh...
Brian Gratwicke - www.flickr.com/photos/briangr... www.flickr.com/photos/briangr... www.flickr.com/photos/briangr... www.flickr.com/photos/briangr...
Smudge 9000 - www.flickr.com/photos/smudge9...
Ekaterina Chernetsova (Papchinskaya) - www.flickr.com/photos/katechk... www.flickr.com/photos/katechk... www.flickr.com/photos/katechk... www.flickr.com/photos/katechk... www.flickr.com/photos/katechk...
Stefan Berndtsson - www.flickr.com/photos/sbern/8...
Helgi Halldórsson - www.flickr.com/photos/8058853...
Marco Bellucci - www.flickr.com/photos/marcobe...
Andrew Shiva - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Tila Monto - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_...
Kristian Pikner - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Other Attributions:
YleArkisto - freesound.org/people/YleArkis...
InspectorJ - freesound.org/people/Inspecto...
Research Credits:
books.google.com/books?id=f1o...
www.encyclopedia.com/environm...
www.britannica.com/animal/Arc...
eol.org/pages/1049640/overview
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
www.arkive.org/arctic-tern/st...
• Whose Line - Arctic Tern
oceanwide-expeditions.com/to-...
www.audubon.org/field-guide/bi...
www.theguardian.com/environme...
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/A...
www.bto.org/about-birds/bird-...
***Actual place you can here terns: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/A...
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[@DreiGalant]

Backstreet boys!

[@johncollins7465]

Dang it! I came here to say just that lol.

[@brianpogue3943]

They do have an awesome call.... “Backstreet Boys!”

[@AnimalFactFiles]

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[@CTAigis]

These were delightful bird facts! I especially loved all your cool terns of phrase.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Did you just...???

[@Spino256]

Ive seen these birds in the rivers near my city. I've also seen them flying on rice fields. I've seen one chasing a swallow on the rice field.

[@bjarnivalur6330]

They're such beautiful birds but they're such a pain when your walking near the coast.

[@JonPerson]

Thanks so much for this well-done documentary! It helped me a lot for research with songwriting.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Glad it was helpful! 😄 Good luck with songwriting!

[@itsjustbradttv2382]

Yu-Gi-Oh brought me here. They have a deck called Floowandereeze. Its about the migration and everything. Turns out, the Floowandereeze Terns are REAL BIRDS!!!

[@lewischasen]

There is a protected tern breeding groud next too the sea world in san diego....ironically in a dog park (no joke, however it does get sectioned off during breeding season)

[@Col28]

Very cool!

[@babitabholu5985]

Very nice 👍👌👌

[@RasikaMahabal]

thanks for the awesome info and great narration. loved the video.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Thank you so much!

[@yukiomarco5288]

I’ve seen this bird at a near restaurant,but only two of them and none other

[@Abysmii]

I offered Papreeka fish and she hated me for it. This is the last time I take dating advice from a bird.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Maybe you didn't ruffle your tail-feathers enough...

[@jadenl629]

Great video!

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Thanks so much!

[@FelisBX7]

2:07 Hey! It's an egg from my favorite birb! The ???? birb!

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Same.

[@rikbaylis8095]

BACKSTREET BOYS!

[@billyjolly9630]

This was both an entertaining and accurate description of the arctic tern B.J.

[@kevinhoffman6592]

Beautiful birds see them on the great lakes and rivers here in Michigan early spring and fall .

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Oh! That's great! You should be getting them soon them!!

[@Junketh71]

I don't remember - did you do an Antarctic tern video too or not?

[@TheWontonsoup]

I want to be an Arctic tern so I can travel the world

[@bot366a]

what is their habitat? pls

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Arctic terns prefer to stay close to water either on the coast of oceans, near inland lakes, or even ice floes and islands which help to keep them away from potential predators.

[@milanifairley157]

Yessssssssssssssssss☺☺☺❤❤ Thx guys

[@AnimalFactFiles]

You are so welcome! Thank you for all your support!!

[@BigAl2-u7e]

Can they TERN on a dime? I'm sorry for that joke.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

You are also banned.

[@BigAl2-u7e]

That's not the TERNout I expected.

[@Abysmii]

If you keep banning people, this channel will take a TERN for the worse.

[@BigAl2-u7e]

Now this comment section is just TERNing into very bad puns.

[@RinJackson]

You should be sorry

[@jubalate]

How many people got here from whos line? 🤣

[@CosmicRabbitCarma]

One good tern deserves another. Do these birbs live in the suburbs? This is terning into a very punny channel. 🪶