Kurir selestial (Celestial Couriers)
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
- selestial
- 90 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Migrates pole to pole, more miles of daylight than any creature on Earth. The real long-distance icon.
- Populasi
- More than 2 million mature individuals globally, over half in Europe (European population ~564,000-906,000 breeding pairs); overall trend decreasing
- Habitat
- Coastal shorelines, islands, and occasionally inland tundra near water during breeding; open ocean while migrating and wintering off Antarctic pack ice
- Fakta menarik
- The Arctic Tern makes the longest migration of any animal on Earth, flying pole to pole each year — one tracked individual covered about 96,000 km in 10 months — accumulating roughly 2.4 million km over a lifetime and experiencing more daylight annually than any other creature.
- Sebaran
- Circumpolar Arctic and subarctic breeding range across North America, Europe, and Asia; migrates the full length of the Atlantic (or Pacific/Indian Ocean routes) to winter in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica
- Makanan
- Small fish (herring, sandlance, capelin, cod) and marine invertebrates (krill, amphipods, small crabs); occasionally insects, worms, mollusks, and berries
- Ukuran
- 0,35 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,76 m
- Masa hidup
- 20 tahun
