Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Sooty Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus

The Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) is an 186 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

186 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

61

Photo: (c) Yves Bas, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist