Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Sterna (Sterna) paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763

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CAVS: 0952

Species Sterna (Sterna) paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763

Arctic Tern

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
    • 200 mile fishing zone: S oceanic, SE oceanic, W oceanic

Nearctic Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Offshore waters, rock reef, rocky island.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)