Sterna fuscata - The Sooty Tern

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Sterna fuscata - The Sooty Tern

Sterna fuscata (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Sooty Tern

Cook Island, Kiribati, November 22, 2012
© Donald H. Gudehus

Sterna fuscata (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Sooty Tern
Cook Island, Kiribati, November 22, 2012
© Donald H. Gudehus

Sterna fuscata (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Sooty Tern
Cook Island, Kiribati, November 22, 2012
© Donald H. Gudehus

Sterna fuscata (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Sooty Tern
Cook Island, Kiribati, November 22, 2012
© Donald H. Gudehus

Sterna fuscata (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Sooty Tern
Cook Island, Kiribati, November 22, 2012
© Donald H. Gudehus

Sterna fuscata (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Sooty Tern
Cook Island, Kiribati, November 22, 2012
© Donald H. Gudehus

Sterna fuscata (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Sooty Tern
Cook Island, Kiribati, November 22, 2012
© Donald H. Gudehus

Sterna fuscata (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Sooty Tern
West of Christmas Island, Kiribati, November 24, 2012
© Donald H. Gudehus

Sterna fuscata (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Sooty Tern
West of Christmas Island, Kiribati, November 24, 2012
© Donald H. Gudehus

Sterna fuscata (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Sooty Tern
West of Christmas Island, Kiribati, November 24, 2012
© Donald H. Gudehus

Some authors use the name Onychoprion fuscatus oahuensis (A. Bloxam, 1827) and place it in the family Sternidae.

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