- The
sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) is a
seabird in the
family Laridae. It is a bird of the
tropical oceans,
returning to land only to
breed on islands...
- land,
although some
marine species, like the
Aleutian tern, may
wander far from land. The
sooty tern is
entirely oceanic when not breeding, and
healthy young...
-
bridled terns are
scaly grey
above and pale below. This
species is
unlikely to be
confused with any
tern apart from the
similarly dark-backed
sooty tern and...
- the
genus that
holds most
terns.
Three of the four
species are tropical, and one has a sub-polar
breeding range. The
sooty tern has a pan-tropical distribution;...
-
Recordings label. The
liner notes include credits for
photos of a
roseate tern and
sooty tern,
while the bird on the
front cover most
closely resembles a black-billed...
- The
greater crested tern (Thal****eus bergii), also
called crested tern,
swift tern, or
great crested tern, is a
tern in the
family Laridae that
nests in...
- 101
species of birds,
common amongst them
include the
brown noddy and
sooty tern and
water birds such as herons, teals, and gulls.
Pitti island is a declared...
- s****-birds.
Sixteen seabird species inhabited Tern Island in the
early 21st century, including:
Sooty tern White tern Brown noddy Black noddy Masked booby Brown...
-
traditional ritual competition on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to
collect the
first sooty tern (manu tara) egg of the
season from the
nearby islet of Motu Nui, swim...
-
around fifteen other species of seabirds.
Other accounts estimate the
sooty tern po****tion to be as high as
three to six
million birds.
James Henderson...
