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Rick & José van der Weijde | profile | all galleries >> Photo Archive >> Birds (Vogels) >> Skimmers, Gulls and Terns (Schaarbekken, Meeuwen en Sterns) >> Sooty Tern (Bonte Stern)

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Sooty Tern (Bonte Stern)

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Sooty Tern - Onychoprion fuscatus - Bonte Stern
Worldwide tropical seas.

The following 6 subspecies are being recognized:
Onychoprion fuscatus fuscatus - Gulf of Mexico and West Indies, Gulf of Guinea, South-Atlantic;
Onychoprion fuscatus nubilosus - Red Sea and Indian Ocean to Ryukyu Island, Philippines and Greater Sundas;
Onychoprion fuscatus serratus - West- and North-Australia and New Guinea to Easter Island in the South Pacific;
Onychoprion fuscatus oahuensis - Bonin Island (Japan) to the Hawaiian Islands south to Kiritimati (Line Island);
Onychoprion fuscatus crissalis - islands of West-Mexico to Galápagos;
Onychoprion fuscatus luctuosus - Juan Fernández Island (Chile).

Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.

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