Sooty Tern
| Onychoprion fuscatus | Order: Charadriiformes | Family: Laridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers) |
Onychoprion fuscatus
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
I’ve seen Sooty Terns only once, when I visited the Dry Tortugas in 1997, and have no photos. This bird has an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records:
Sooty Tern: Most airborne bird. The most airborne of all birds is the sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus). After leaving the nesting grounds as a youngster, it remains aloft for 3–10 years while maturing, settling on water from time to time before returning to land to breed as an adult.
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Radio Programs
- Kissimmee! 2023
- Hurricane Update 2017
- Oldest Wild Birds 2014
- Hurricanes and Birds, Continued 2004
- Hurricanes and Birds 2004
- Birthday 2001 2001
- Sixteen Years 1999
- Superlative Birds 1999
- Hurricanes and Birds 1998
- Superlative Birds 1995
- Homing, Part II (Re-recorded) 1991
- How Birds Sleep 1989
- Sleep 1989
- How do birds sleep? 1988
- Homing, Part II (Original) 1986