- 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...
- 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...
- Motu Nui
where the Hopu (representatives from each clan)
waited for the
sooty terns to lay
their first eggs of the season. The Hopu who
seized the first...
- 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;...
- 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...
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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...
-
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...
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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...