Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)

The Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) is a tern in the family Laridae.
The breeding regions include the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe (as far south as Brittany), Asia, and North America.
This bird species is strongly migratory migrating from its northern breeding grounds to the Antarctic coast

Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").

Laridae:from Ancient Greek laros or Latin larus, which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird.

The genus name Sterna is derived from Old English "stearn", "tern".

The specific paradisaea is from Late Latin paradisus, "paradise".