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Least Tern

Sternula antillarum

A summer resident that nests in Arkansas. Found in 29 of 75 counties, across 2 habitats.

Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
29 of 75 counties
Habitats
2

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer and on migration
Nesting
Nests here
Range
29 of 75 counties
Habitats
2
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Arkansas 2

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 2

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

SummerOpen Water (Fresh)

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerOnly within 1,000 m of water.Developed, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed, Non-specific
Other habitats in its models (36)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas. Those recorded in Arkansas first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (22)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation Summer.
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Summer.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • South Florida Shell Hash Beach Summer.
  • Southeast Florida Beach Summer.
  • Southwest Florida Beach Summer.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Summer.
  • Upper Texas Coast Beach Summer.
Northeast (2)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer.
Land cover and other classes (12)
  • Barren Land Summer, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Summer, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Summer.
  • Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Summer.
  • Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Summer, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer, only within 1,000 m of water.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 16 of 75 counties.
  • Summer: nests here, in 18 of 75 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Arkansas, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 100

Plants 888

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Arkansas

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Birds 66

Plants 143

All of ponds, lakes and their shores in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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