Sooty Tern (species: Onychoprion fuscatus) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Onychoprion fuscatus
Sooty Tern


©Duncan Wright: Sooty Tern on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Laridae
Genus Onychoprion
Species Onychoprion fuscatus
Status least concern

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

Synonyms

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Blaber, S.J.M., D.A. Milton, M.J. Farmer and G.C. Smith (1998). Seabird breeding populations on the far northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia: Trends and influences, Emu, 98: 44-57. LIRS catalog number 662.
  • Smith, G.C. (1987). The birds of Eagle Island, a tropical sand cay on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Sunbird, 17(1): 1-11. LIRS catalog number 245.
  • Smith, G.C. and R.C. Buckley (1986). Eagle Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Corella, 10(3): 81-83. LIRS catalog number 278.