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The sooty tern, scientifically named *Onychoprion fuscatus*, is a species of bird within the family Laridae. It belongs to the order Charadriiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1766 and is classified under the genus *Onychoprion*. Its common name is also recorded in other languages, including Rußseeschwalbe, Charrán sombrío, and xatrac fosc.
This marine bird has a wingspan of 90. Its range includes Brazil, Indonesia, South America, and Africa. The International Union for Conservation of Nature assessed its conservation status as Least Concern in 2020. The World Register of Marine Species lists the taxon as accepted.
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Species
Least Concernsooty tern
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyLaridae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Onychoprion
- Image
- Sterna fuscata.JPG
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Onychoprion fuscatus
- Commons category
- Onychoprion fuscatus
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- Onychoprion fuscatus
- taxon common name
- Saikamavolambosy
- wingspan
- 90
- taxon range
- South America
- short name
- O. fuscatus
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sooty Tern” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.