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
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Wingspan
- Wingspan data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
Bridled tern (species: Onychoprion anaethetus)
Sooty Terns lack the white neck collar of Bridled Terns. They are also larger, have a darker back and a wider white forehead (Wikipedia accessed 15 Aug 2015).
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.