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Onychoprion fuscatus
Onychoprion fuscatus
Sooty Tern
Photographer: Eric White

ID: 0000 0000 1219 0758 (2019-12-08)

Copyright © 2019 Eric White

 
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  • date of photo  Nov 17, 2019
  • location   Peale Island (Peale (Wake Atoll), United States Minor Outlying Islands)
  • family Laridae
  • habitat  Tropical oceans
  • notes   Young chick on Peale island. Some were not good yet at walking. Thousands nesting on Peale island and 100 thousand on Wilkes. Peale is behind Wilkes on hatching by maybe 2 weeks. Peale has few other species, while Wilkes has 3 species of Boobies and Frigates.
  • camera   iPhone XR
  • photo category: Animal - Bird

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Sooty Tern (photographer)
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