Sooty tern: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the sooty tern lives – recorded in 35 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Onychoprion fuscatus
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	35 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Laridae

Where does the sooty tern live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the sooty tern in 35 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America, Indonesia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the sooty tern endangered?

The sooty tern’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the sooty tern?

The sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Laridae, genus Onychoprion. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the sooty tern

The sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) is a tern in the family Laridae. It is a seabird of the tropical oceans and can fly for years at a time, skimming the sea surface for food, and returning to land only to breed, on islands throughout the equatorial zone.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sooty tern (revision 1354272384), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q28482 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).