© Gerrit Vyn
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Elizabeth A. Schreiber, C. J. Feare, Brian A. Harrington, B. G. Murray Jr., W. B. Robertson Jr., M. J. Robertson, and Glen E. Woolfenden
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Roetsterretjie |
| Arabic | خرشنة غبساء |
| Asturian | Garrochñn escuru |
| Basque | Txenada iluna |
| Bulgarian | Саждена рибарка |
| Catalan | xatrac fosc |
| Chinese | 烏領燕鷗 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 乌燕鸥 |
| Croatian | crnoleđa čigra |
| Czech | rybák černohřbetý |
| Danish | Sodfarvet Terne |
| Dutch | Bonte Stern |
| English | Sooty Tern |
| English (HAW) | ʻEwaʻewa - Sooty Tern |
| English (United States) | Sooty Tern |
| Finnish | nokitiira |
| French | Sterne fuligineuse |
| French (France) | Sterne fuligineuse |
| Galician | Carrán escuro |
| German | Rußseeschwalbe |
| Greek | Πελαγογλάρονο |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Mòv nwa vant blanch |
| Hebrew | שחפית כהה |
| Hungarian | Füstös csér |
| Icelandic | Möttulþerna |
| Indonesian | Dara-laut sayap-hitam |
| Italian | Sterna scura |
| Japanese | セグロアジサシ |
| Korean | 검은등제비갈매기 |
| Lithuanian | Tamsioji žuvėdra |
| Malayalam | കറുത്ത കടലാള |
| Norwegian | sotterne |
| Persian | پرستو دریایی پشت سیاه |
| Polish | rybitwa czarnogrzbieta |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | trinta-réis-das-rocas |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Garajau-de-dorso-preto |
| Romanian | Chiră cenușie |
| Russian | Тёмная крачка |
| Serbian | Čađava čigra |
| Slovak | rybár čiernochrbtý |
| Slovenian | Črnoperuta čigra |
| Spanish | Charrán Sombrío |
| Spanish (Chile) | Gaviotín apizarrado |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Charrán Sombrío |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gaviota monja prieta |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Charrán Oscuro |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gaviotín Sombrío |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gaviotín Negruzco |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Charrán Albinegro |
| Spanish (Panama) | Gaviotín Sombrío |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gaviotín Oscuro |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Charrán Oscuro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Charrán sombrío |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gaviota de Veras |
| Swedish | sottärna |
| Thai | นกนางนวลแกลบดำ |
| Turkish | Kara Sırtlı Sumru |
| Ukrainian | Крячок строкатий |
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Breeding distribution of the Sooty Tern in the Caribbean region.
This species breeds widely throughout the tropical oceans of the world. See text for details.
