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Sooty Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus

167Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
6Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr10
May21
Jun3
Jul84
Aug4
Sep1
Oct44
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales54
2Aberdeenshire Scotland10
3Suffolk England4
4East Riding of Yorkshire England1
5North Yorkshire England1
6Ards and North Down Northern Ireland1
19 England10 Scotland63 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
167
Peak month
July
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Onychoprion fuscatus
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Isle of Anglesey
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Onychoprion
Name with authority
Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Described
1766

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q28482 · GBIF 5789284