Onychoprion fuscatus   Linnaeus, 1766

Sooty tern

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Onychoprion fuscatus

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Charadriiformes | Laridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học

Tầng nổi.  Tropical; 35°N - 40°S (Ref. 96995)

Sự phân bố Các nước | Các khu vực của FAO | Các hệ sinh thái | Những lần xuất hiện | Những chỉ dẫn

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Bộ gần gũi / Khối lượng (Trọng lượng) / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 45.0 cm TL con đực/không giới tính; (Ref. 8812); Khối lượng cực đại được công bố: 180.00 g (Ref. 356); Tuổi cực đại được báo cáo: 36 các năm (Ref. 8545)

Short description Hình thái học

Culmen: 4.53 cm; tarsus: 2.52 cm; wing: 30.5 cm.

Sinh học     Tự điển (thí dụ epibenthic)

Total Length: 43 to 45 cm; Wingspan: 86 to 94 cm (Ref. 8812). Pelagic (Ref. 122680). Coastal and oceanic islands, and offshore (Ref. 356). In beach, shoreline and pelagic zone (Ref. 116102). Pantropic, pelagic species. Strong flyer, high over the ocean. Forms large breeding colonies on tropical and subtropical islands on sand, coral and rock, with or without vegetation. Forages in flocks (Ref. 84934). Remains 10 to 20 m above water then descends and wheels in circles before grabbing its food (Ref. 356). Feeding techniques: air dipping and contact dipping from the water surface (Refs. 356, 96995). Diet consists of squid, goatfish, flyingfish and mackerel scad (Ref. 122680). Does not plunge dive and rarely stays long in water as plumage is not waterproof. Colonies may suffer heavy losses of eggs by predatory cats (Ref. 84934).

Life cycle and mating behavior Chín muồi sinh dục | Sự tái sinh sản | Đẻ trứng | Các trứng | Sự sinh sản | Ấu trùng

Birds go to the island at night, 3 months before laying. Hatching peaks in the middle of April. Most fledging shows in June and leave the island at the beginning of August while the adults leave at the end of August (Ref. 96995).

Main reference Các tài liệu tham khảo | Người điều phối | Người cộng tác

Lepage, D. 2007. (Ref. 7816)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 February 2020

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Các nguồn internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | 1 GoMexSI (interaction data) | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Cây Đời sống | Wikipedia (Go, tìm) | Tạp chí Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.3 - 29.2, mean 27.9 (based on 4066 cells).
Thích nghi nhanh (Ref. 69278): Chiêù cao, thời gian nhân đôi của chủng quần tối thiểu là dưới 15 tháng (K=5.28; tm=3; tmax=36).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.