Sooty tern - Onychoprion fuscatus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Onychoprion fuscatus
Author (Linnaeus, 1766)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 824105
Common Names French: Sterne fuligineuse
English: Sooty Tern
Spanish: Charrán sombrío
Portuguese: trinta-réis-das-rocas
Portuguese: gaivina-de-dorso-preto
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Laridae
            Genus: Onychoprion
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Onychoprion fuscatus crissalis
Subspecies: Onychoprion fuscatus fuscatus
Subspecies: Onychoprion fuscatus luctuosus
Subspecies: Onychoprion fuscatus nubilosus
Subspecies: Onychoprion fuscatus oahuensis
Subspecies: Onychoprion fuscatus serratus
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN824105
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    -
Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
    VU (Europe)
#records (spatial)2,072
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets52
Year1937 - 2019
Latitude-51.01 - 39.11
Longitude-178.57 - 172.92
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