Onychoprion fuscatus

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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Charadriiformes • Familia: Laridae • Genus: Onychoprion • Species: Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Sooty Tern']

English: Sooty Tern
Afrikaans: Roetseeswael (Roetsterretjie)
العربية: خرشنة غبساء
مصرى: خرشنه غبساء
azərbaycanca: Tünd susüpürən
български: Саждена рибарка
brezhoneg: Skrav kein du
català: xatrac fosc
Cebuano: Sterna fuscata
čeština: rybák černohřbetý
Cymraeg: morwennol fraith
dansk: Sodfarvet Terne
Deutsch: Rußseeschwalbe
Schweizer Hochdeutsch: Russseeschwalbe
Esperanto: Fulga ŝterno
español: Charrán sombrío
eesti: nõgitiir
euskara: Txenada ilun
فارسی: پرستودریایی پشت‌سیاه
suomi: nokitiira
français: Sterne fuligineuse
Gaeilge: Geabhróg shúicheach
Gàidhlig: Sternag ghorraghey
galego: Carrán escuro
Hawaiʻi: ʻewa ʻewa
עברית: שחפית כהה
hrvatski: crnoleđa čigra
magyar: füstös csér
Bahasa Indonesia: Dara-laut sayap-hitam
íslenska: Möttulþerna
italiano: Sterna scura
日本語: セグロアジサシ
한국어: 검은등제비갈매기
lietuvių: tamsioji žuvėdra
latviešu: tumšais zīriņš
Bahasa Melayu: Burung Camar Angin
norsk bokmål: Sotterne
Nederlands: Bonte Stern
norsk: Sotterne
Diné bizaad: Tónteel táshchozhii łizhin dóó łigaaígíí
polski: rybitwa czarnogrzbieta
Piemontèis: Sterna fuscata
پنجابی: سوٹی ٹٹیری
português: trinta-réis-das-rocas, gaivina-de-dorso-preto, Andorinha-do-mar-escura
română: Chiră cenușie
русский: Тёмная крачка
davvisámegiella: Gožučearret
slovenčina: rybár čiernochrbtý
slovenščina: črnoperuta čigra
svenska: sottärna
தமிழ்: புகைப் பழுப்பு நிற ஆலா
ไทย: นกนางนวลแกลบดำ
lea faka-Tonga: Talatā
Türkçe: Kara sırtlı sumru
українська: крячок строкатий, Темний крячок
Tiếng Việt: Nhàn nâu
Winaray: Sterna fuscata
中文: 烏領燕鷗, 乌燕鸥
中文（繁體）: 烏領燕鷗
中文（臺灣）: 烏領燕鷗

Synonyms

Sterna fuscata

IUCN: Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (old web site) (Least Concern)

Photos

Onychoprion fuscatus fuscatus

Gulf of Mexico, West Indies, Gulf of Guinea, tropical Atlantic Ocean islands

Ascension Island
Ascension Island
Ascension Island
Ascension Island
Ascension Island
Ascension Island
Ascension Island
Ascension Island
Ascension Island
Ascension Island

Onychoprion fuscatus nubilosus

Red Sea and Indian Ocean to Ryukyu Islands, Philippines and Greater Sundas

On nest; Seychelles
Seychelles
Rodrigues Island
Rodrigues Island

Onychoprion fuscatus serratus

Australia and New Guinea through the south Pacific to Easter Island

Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Juvenile, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Onychoprion fuscatus kermadeci

Kermadec, Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands

Phillip Island, Norfolk Island archipelago
Phillip Island, Norfolk Island archipelago
Egg; Phillip Island, Norfolk Island archipelago
Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island
Adult with juvenile; Lord Howe Island
Juvenile; Lord Howe Island

Onychoprion fuscatus oahuensis

Bonin Is. (Japan) to Hawaii and south to Kiritimati

French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii
French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii
French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii
Chick; French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii
Chicks using Black footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes chick as sunshade; French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii
With chick; French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii
Midway Atoll, Hawaii
Midway Atoll, Hawaii
Midway Atoll, Hawaii
Midway Atoll, Hawaii
Midway Atoll, Hawaii
Egg; Midway Atoll, Hawaii
Starbuck Island, Line Islands, Kiribati