The Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) is a tern found across Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. A slender, graceful seabird that plunge-dives for small fish. It typically occurs in coasts, lakes and islands.
In the Nordic countries the Common Tern is best described as a summer visitor. Its global conservation status is assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. On Fågelkartan you can see where it has been reported over the last 30 days, based on open data from the national species-observation systems.
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