species 3,102 observations

Sooty Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus

Field notes

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.

Children

Atlantic Sooty Tern

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided