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Common Tern Range Map

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Range Map for Common Tern

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Migration

Long-distance migrant. North American birds spend the winter in South America or along the Pacific Coast of Central America. One-year-old birds often stay on the wintering grounds and do not migrate to the breeding grounds until they are 2 years old.

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Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Laridae)

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