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| Sooty tern | |
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| Onychoprion fuscatus fuscatus on Ilha da Trindade, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Laridae |
| Genus: | Onychoprion |
| Species: | O. fuscatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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| Subspecies | |
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2–9, see text | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Onychoprion fuscata (orth. err.) | |
The sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) is a tern in the family Laridae. It is a seabird of the tropical oceans, and remarkably, has evolved the ability to 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.[3][4]
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Onychoprion fuscatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22694740A168895142. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22694740A168895142.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Onychoprion fuscatus". Avibase.
- ^ https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2008/Sooty-Tern-Migration
- ^ Loyer, Bertrand; Bedel, Jacques; de Riberolles, François; Irons (Narrator), Jeremy (January 2014). "Pioneers Of The Deep". Life On Fire.
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