Sooty Tern
Also known as Onychoprion fuscatus, Sterna fuscata
species of bird
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Least Concernsooty tern
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyLaridae
Habitatmarine
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The sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) is a tern in the family Laridae. It is a seabird of the tropical oceans and can fly for years at a time, skimming the sea surface for food, and returning to land only to breed, on islands throughout the equatorial zone.
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Animal taxa named by Carl LinnaeusAvibase ID different from WikidataBirds described in 1766Birds of Ascension IslandBirds of HawaiiBirds of Norfolk IslandBirds of the Atlantic OceanBirds of the Dominican RepublicBirds of the Indian OceanBirds of the Pacific OceanFauna of the Pantropical realmIUCN Red List least concern species