Onychoprion fuscata

Mystery Bird: Sooty Tern, Onychoprion (Sterna) fuscata

grrlscientist | March 22, 2010

tags: Wideawake, Wideawake Tern, Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscata, Sterna fuscata, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Sooty Tern, also known as the Wideawake Tern or simply as the Wideawake, Onychoprion (Sterna) fuscata, photographed out of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Paul Sweet, 4 August 2007 [larger view]. NOTE: Unless you are a beginning bird watcher, PLEASE wait 24 hours before identifying this bird. (Intermediate-expert birders are encouraged to use puns, anagrams, poetry references or citations, Monty Python…

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