Sooty tern
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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 throughout the equatorial zone.
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Sooty tern | |
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Onychoprion fuscatus nubilosus (or O. f. oahuensis) on Tern Island (French Frigate Shoals) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Laridae |
Genus: | Onychoprion |
Species: | O. fuscatus |
Binomial name | |
Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
Subspecies | |
2-9, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Onychoprion fuscata (lapsus) |
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