Species Detail - 'Comic' tern (Sterna paradisaea/hirundo) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) bird sightings 1980-2023".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Sterna paradisaea/hirundo
'Comic' tern
NBNSYS0000189736
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bird
Species aggregate
550
159
131
14/07/1979
04/07/2008
23 April (recorded in 1992)
11 October (recorded in 1980)
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) bird sightings 1980-2023, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, 'Comic' tern (Sterna paradisaea/hirundo), accessed 17 October 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/408/Species/11063