The bird life at Gjesværstappan

Latin (scientific) name - Sterna Paradisea. Family name - Sternidae

Number of eggs - 2 eggs
Hatching time - 20 - 24 days
Age of independence - 80 days
Oldest known age - 34 years
Length from tip of bill to tail - 35 - 37 cm

Long passage: Enjoys the Midnight Sun so much that it stays close to the Antarctic pack ice in the wintertime.

Rødnebbterne   Lapintiira   Havterne   Arctic Tern   Silvertärna   Sterne arctique   Noordse stern   Sterna codalunga   Küstenseeschwalbe   Charrán ártico   Kría     Rybitwa popielata

- Birds in Ola's BirdGuide -

Puffin  |  Guillemot  |  Razorbill  |  Black Guillemot  |  Red-necked Phalarope  |  Purple Sandpiper  |  Shag  |  Cormorant  |  Arctic Skua  |  White-tailed Eagle  |  Raven  |  Carrion Crow  |  Gannet  |  Fulmar  |  Oystercatcher   Arctic Tern   Great black-backed Gull  |  Kittiwake Common Gull  |  Herring Gull  |  Eider  |  Goosander  |  Long-tailed Duck  |  Mallard  |  † Great Auk