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

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 call

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Habitat

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