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Species
Least Concernsooty tern
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyLaridae
Habitatmarine
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Wikidata facts
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- Sterna fuscata.JPG
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- taxon name
- Onychoprion fuscatus
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- Onychoprion fuscatus
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- Onychoprion fuscatus
- taxon common name
- Saikamavolambosy
- wingspan
- 90
- short name
- O. fuscatus
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Article
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.
Taxonomy
Gallery (12)
Connections
Pacific Ocean
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Field Museum of Natural History
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Australia
Country
Colombia
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Indonesia
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Philippines
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Animalia
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Latin
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bird
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El Salvador
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Seychelles
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fish
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Hawaii
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Americas
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Atlantic Ocean
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Wales
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Indian Ocean
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Carl Linnaeus
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New Caledonia
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Red Sea
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Categories
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 speciesLeast concern biota of AsiaLeast concern biota of OceaniaOnychoprionTaxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDsTaxonbars with automatically added original combinationsTerns