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An adult Sooty Tern calling with its bill open and wings half-raised, standing on short grass beside its fluffy, speckled chick
Species

Sooty Tern

Charrán Albinegro
Onychoprion fuscatus
Family
Laridae
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern
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01Field notes

Lives over open ocean and rarely lands on the water, since its plumage is not waterproof. It comes ashore only to nest, in dense, noisy colonies on remote islands.

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