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Arctic Tern     Sterna paradisaea

Order & Family	Description	Clutch Size	Egg Size
Charadriiformes Laridae	Subelliptical, smooth and non-glossy. Colour is pale green to olive with variable markings.	2 eggs	40 x 29 mm

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