Sooty Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus - Sterne fuligineuse

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Laridés

  • Genus
    :

    Onychoprion

  • Species
    :

    fuscatus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 45 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 82 à 94 cm.
  • Weight
    : 120 à 285 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Sterne fuligineuse
adult plum. breeding
Sterne fuligineuse
adult plum. breeding

Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Onychoprion fuscatus fuscatus (Gulf of Mexico and West Indies, Gulf of Guinea, s Atlantic)
  • Onychoprion fuscatus nubilosus (Red Sea and Indian Ocean to Ryukyu Is., Philippines and Greater Sundas)
  • Onychoprion fuscatus serratus (w and n Australia and New Guinea through the s Pacific to Easter I.)
  • Onychoprion fuscatus oahuensis (Bonin Is.. Japan. to the Hawaiian Is. south to Kiritimati (Line Is.))
  • Onychoprion fuscatus crissalis (islands off w Mexico to the Galápagos)
  • Onychoprion fuscatus luctuosus (Juan Fernández Is.. Chile.)

Foreign names

  • Sterne fuligineuse,
  • Charrán sombrío,
  • gaivina-de-dorso-preto,
  • Rußseeschwalbe,
  • füstös csér,
  • Bonte Stern,
  • Sterna scura,
  • sottärna,
  • Sotterne,
  • rybár čiernochrbtý,
  • rybák černohřbetý,
  • Sodfarvet Terne,
  • nokitiira,
  • Roetseeswael (Roetsterretjie),
  • xatrac fosc,
  • Möttulþerna,
  • rybitwa czarnogrzbieta,
  • tumšais zīriņš,
  • črnoperuta čigra,
  • Тёмная крачка,
  • Dara-laut sayap-hitam,
  • セグロアジサシ,
  • 乌燕鸥,
  • นกนางนวลแกลบดำ,
  • 烏領燕鷗,

Voice song and cries

Sterne fuligineuse
adult

Habitat

Sterne fuligineuse
adult plum. breeding

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Sterne fuligineuse
published: - Updated: 20-03-2005
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