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  Sooty Tern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sooty Tern breeds in colonies on rocky or coral islands.
This is a large tern, similar to the Sandwich Tern in size at 33-36 cm in length and with a 82-94 cm wingspan.
Sooty Tern is unlikely to be confused with any tern apart from the similarly dark-backed but smaller Bridled Tern.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sooty_Tern   (290 words)

  
 TERMONDE - LoveToKnow Article on TERMONDE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The remaining native species is the lesser tern, S. minuta, one of the smallest of the genus and readily to be distinguished by its permanently white forehead.
tern, S. caspia, which is one of the largest of the genus and of wide distribution, though not breeding nearer to the shores of England than on Sylt and its neighboring islands, which still afford lodgings for a few pairs.
Terns are found all over the world, and among exotic forms may be particularly mentioned the various species of noddy (q.v).
65.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TE/TERMONDE.htm   (1027 words)

  
 Sooty Tern, Sterna fuscata - South Seas Companion Natural Phenomenon
The Sooty Tern is found throughout the world's tropical and subtropical seas.
The Sooty Tern is a pelagic bird, that is, a bird that lives in open oceans and normally only come ashore to breed.
The Sooty is a medium sized tern that grows to a body length of around 45 centimetres and a wingspan of up to 94 centimetres.
southseas.nla.gov.au /biogs/P000398b.htm   (211 words)

  
 Sooty Tern -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Sooty Tern, Sterna fuscata, is a (A bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.) seabird of the (Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail) tern family Sternidae.
This is a large tern, similar to the (Click link for more info and facts about Sandwich Tern) Sandwich Tern in size.
This species is unlikely to be confused with any tern apart from the similarly dark-backed but smaller (Click link for more info and facts about Bridled Tern) Bridled Tern.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/so/sooty_tern.htm   (385 words)

  
 Tern at exZOOberance!
Most terns nest on the ground in dense colonies in open areas such as beach or tundra; nests vary from a simple depression to an elaborate structure of twigs, grass, and bits of shell.
The arctic tern is classified as Sterna paradisaea, the Caspian tern as Sterna caspia, the least tern as Sterna antillarum, and Forster's tern as Sterna forsteri.
The white, or fairy, tern is classified as Cygis alba, the common tern as Sterna hirundo, the roseate tern as Sterna dougallii, and the sooty tern as Sterna fuscata.
www.exzooberance.com /virtual%20zoo/they%20fly/tern/tern.htm   (521 words)

  
 Sooty Tern
Heat stress may cause terns to abandon eggs for short periods to drink seawater.
Sooty terns are easily disturbed by human activity, and repeated disturbance may result in permanent abandonment.
Chicks are shaded by parents during hot hours and brooded only when cool.
midway.fws.gov /wildlife/sote.html   (253 words)

  
 Sooty Tern
From April through August, Sooty and Noddy Terns gather in the hundreds of thousands to breed in the Dry Tortugas.
They had already laid in a cargo of about eight tons of the eggs of this Tern and the Noddy.
On asking them how many they supposed they had, they answered that they never counted them, but disposed of them at seventy-five cents per gallon; and that one turn to market sometimes produced upwards of two hundred dollars, while it took only a-week to sail backwards and forwards and collect their cargo."
www.historical-museum.org /collect/audubon/sooty.htm   (120 words)

  
 definition of egg-bird
A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies.
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www.brainydictionary.com /words/eg/eggbird158568.html   (84 words)

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