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Sooty Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The sooty tern is a seabird in the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans, returning to land only to breed on islands throughout the equatorial zone. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Laridae
Genus:
   Onychoprion
Scientific:
  Onychoprion fuscatus


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Sterna fuscata

Type locality:
  Santo Domingo.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/232/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  3E7F825D03C0DC3E

Avibase ID:
  avibase-3E7F825D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/3E7F825D


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 824105

Geographic range:

  • Onychoprion fuscatus fuscatus: Gulf of Mexico, e Mexico and W Indies; Gulf of Guinea islands
  • Onychoprion fuscatus [nubilosus or infuscatus]: southern Red Sea and the Indian Ocean to the Ryukyu Islands, Indonesia, and the Philippines
  • Onychoprion fuscatus serratus: New Guinea, Australia and New Caledonia
  • Onychoprion fuscatus kermadeci: Kermadec Islands
  • Onychoprion fuscatus oahuensis: Bonin Islands to Hawaii and South Pacific islands
  • Onychoprion fuscatus crissalis: Islands off w Mexico and Central America to Galapagos Is.
  • Onychoprion fuscatus luctuosus: Juan Fernández Islands (off Chile)
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English:
Sooty Tern
Catalan:
Xatrac fosc
Czech:
rybák černohřbetý
Danish:
Sodfarvet Terne
German:
Rußseeschwalbe
Spanish:
Charrán Sombrío
Spanish (Spain):
Charrán Sombrío
Finnish:
nokitiira
French:
Sterne fuligineuse
Croatian:
crnoleđa čigra
Hungarian:
Füstös csér
Icelandic:
Möttulþerna
Italian:
Sterna scura
Japanese (romaji):
seguroajisashi
Japanese:
セグロアジサシ
Lithuanian:
Tamsioji žuvėdra
Dutch:
Bonte Stern
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Sotterne
Norwegian:
Sotterne
Polish:
rybitwa czarnogrzbieta
Portuguese:
trinta-réis-das-rocas / gaivina-de-dorso-preto
Portuguese (Brazil):
trinta-réis-das-rocas
Portuguese (Portugal):
gaivina-de-dorso-preto
Russian:
Тёмная крачка
Slovak:
rybár čiernochrbtý
Serbian:
Čađava čigra
Swedish:
sottärna
Ukrainian:
Крячок строкатий
Chinese:
乌燕鸥
Chinese (Traditional):
烏領燕鷗


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
Sooty Tern ( Sterna fuliginosa) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
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Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Sooty Tern ( Sterna fuscata) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Sooty Tern ( Sterna fuscata) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Sterna fuscata [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Sterna fuscata [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Sterna fuscata [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Sooty Tern ( Sterna fuscata) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Sooty Tern ( Sterna fuscata) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Sooty Tern ( Sterna fuscata) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Sooty Tern ( Sterna fuscata) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Sooty Tern ( Sterna fuscata) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Onychoprion fuscatus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Onychoprion fuscatus [version 1]

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Afrikaans: Roetseeswael , Roetseeswael (Roetsterretjie), Roetsterretjie
Arabic: خرشنة غبساء
Asturian: Garrochín escuru
Azerbaijani: tünd susüpürən
Belarusian: Цёмная крычка
Bulgarian: Саждена рибарка, Тъмна рибарка
Bengali: ঝুর ঩ানচচর
Bengali (transliteration): jhula pānacila
Breton: Skrav kein du
Catalan: Xatrac fosc
Czech: Rybák cernohrbetý, rybák černohřbetý
Welsh: Morwennol fraith, Môr-wennol fraith
Danish: Sodfarvet terne
German: Rußseeschwalbe, Russ-Seeschwalbe
Maldivian: Beyndu
Greek: Καπvoγλάρovo, Πελαγογλάρονο
English: Sooty Tern, Wideawake, Wideawake Tern, Wiseawake Tern
English (Hawaii): ʻEwaʻewa - Sooty Tern
English, HBW: Sooty Tern
English, Hawaii: ʻEwaʻewa - Sooty Tern
English (IOC): Sooty Tern
English (Kenya): Sooty Tern
English (United States): Sooty Tern
Esperanto: Fulga ŝterno
Spanish: Charrán Albinegro, Charrán Sombrio, Charrán Sombrío, Gaviota golondrina oscura, Gaviota Monja, Gaviota Monja Prieta, Gaviota Oscura, Gaviotín apizarrado, Gaviotín Oscuro, Gaviotín Sombrío, Golondrina-marina Oscura
Spanish (Chile): Gaviotín apizarrado
Spanish (Colombia): Gaviotín Oscuro
Spanish (Costa Rica): Charrán Sombrío
Spanish (Cuba): Gaviota Monja Prieta
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Charrán Oscuro, Gaviota Monja, Gaviota Oscura
Spanish (Ecuador): Gaviotín Sombrío
Spanish (Spain): Charrán Sombrío
Spanish (HBW): Charrán sombrío
Spanish (Honduras): Gaviota golondrina oscura
Spanish (Mexico): Charrán Albinegro, charrán sombrío, Golondrina-marina Oscura
Spanish (Nicaragua): Charrán Sombrío
Spanish (Panama): Gaviotín Sombrío
Spanish (Peru): Gaviotín Oscuro
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Charrán Oscuro
Spanish (Venezuela): Gaviota de Veras
Estonian: nõgitiir
Basque: Txenada ilun, Txenada iluna, Xatrac fosc
Persian: پرستو دریایی پشت ‌سیاه, پرستودریایی پشت‌سیاه
Finnish: Nokitiira
Faroese: Svartbøkut terna
French: Sterne fuligineuse
Frisian: Bûnte stirns
Irish: Geabhróg shúicheach
Guadeloupean Creole French: Touaou
Galician: Carrán escuro, Xatrac fosc
Manx: Sternag ghorraghey
Haitian Creole French: Mòv nwa vant blanch
Hawaiian: 'Ewa'ewa
Hebrew: שחפית כהה
Croatian: crnoleđa čigra
Hungarian: Füstös csér
Indonesian: Burung Dara Laut Sayap Hitam, Burung Dara-laut Sayap-hitam, Dara laut hitam, Dara laut sayap hitam, Dara-laut sayap-hitam, Daralaut Sayap-hitam
Icelandic: Möttulþerna
Italian: Rondine di mare oscura, Sterna fuligginosa, Sterna oscura, Sterna scura
Japanese (romaji): se-guro aji-sashi, seguroajisashi, Seguro-ajisashi
Japanese: セグロアジサシ
Japanese (Kanji): 背黒鯵刺
Korean: 검은등제비갈매기
Korean (Transliteration): geomeun-deung-jebi-galmaegi
Kirghiz: күрөң чабакчыл
Scientific: Onychoprion fuscata, Onychoprion fuscatus, Onychoprion fuscatus fuscatus, Sterna fuliginosa, Sterna fuscata
Lithuanian: Juodnugarė žuvėdra, Tamsioji žuvėdra
Latvian: tumšais zīriņš
Malagasy: Varevaka
Macedonian: Пепелава чигра
Malayalam: കറുത്ത കടലാള
Malay: Burung Camar Angin
Nepali: ध्वा“से ङ्घयालङ्घयाले
Dutch: Bonte Stern
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sotterne
Norwegian: Sotterne
Polish: rybitwa czarnogrzbieta, Rybitwa popielata
Pinyin: wū yàn-ōu, wū-lǐng yàn-ōu
Portuguese: Andorinha-do-mar-escura, Gaivina-de-dorso-preto, Garajau-de-dorso-preto, trinta-réis-das-Rocas, Trinta-réis-das-rocas / Gaivina-de-dorso-preto, Trinta-réis-marinho, Trinta-réis-marinho Gaivina sombria
Portuguese (Brazil): trinta-reis-das-rocas, Trinta-réis-das-rocas, trinta-réis-marinho
Portuguese (Portugal): gaivina-de-dorso-preto, Garajau-de-dorso-preto
Rarotongan: Tara
Rhaeto-Romance: Pestgarel stgir
Romanian: Chiră funingine
Russian: Темная крачка, Тёмная крачка
Northern Sami: Gožučearret
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Dumbutu Muhudulihiniya
Slovak: Rybár čiernochrbtý
Slovenian: črnoperuta čigra
Samoan: Gogosina
Serbian: Čađava čigra, Garava čigra
Sranan: Fisman
Swedish: Sotärna, Sottärna
Swahili: Shakwe Mgongo-kijivucheusi
Thai: นกนางนวลแกลบดำ
Thai (Transliteration): nók naaŋ-nuan-klàeep dam
Turkish: kara sırtlı sumru, Kara-sırtlı Sumru
Tahitian: kaveka
Ukrainian: Крячок строкатий
Vietnamese: Chim Nhàn nâu, Nhàn nâu
Chinese: 乌燕鸥, 烏燕鷗, 烏領燕鷗
Chinese (Traditional): 烏燕鷗, 烏領燕鷗
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 烏領燕鷗
Chinese (Taiwan): 乌领燕鸥

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