Seen at sea near floating sea weed, too far to see the Miami coastline. The sea was a beautiful dark blue.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Aperture Value
f/5.6
Color Space
Uncalibrated
Exposure Bias Value
0.33 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
600 mm
ISO
500
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/2500 sec
Date/Time
Sun 23 Aug 2015 10:26:47 AM EDT
English Sooty Tern Scientific (Onychoprion fuscatus fuscatus) Order CHARADRIIFORMES Family (Latin) Laridae Family (English) Gulls, Terns, Skimmers Other name(s) Sterne fuligineuse Breeding Regions TrO Breeding Range widespread Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map American Samoa,Anguilla,Australia,Bahamas,Barbados,Belize,Benin,Brazil,British Virgin Islands,Cameroon, IOC 11.2 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range fuscatus Gulf of Mexico and West Indies, Gulf of Guinea and s Atlantic nubilosus Red Sea and Indian Ocean to Ryukyu Is., Philippines and Greater Sundas serratus w, n Australia and New Guinea through Lord Howe, Norfolk and Kermadec Is. and the s Pacific to Easter I. oahuensis Bonin Is. (Japan) to the Hawaiian Is. s to Kiritimati (Line Is.) crissalis islands off w Mexico to the Galápagos luctuosus Juan Fernández Is. (Chile)
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Linnaeus, 1766) German Rußseeschwalbe French Sterne fuligineuse Chinese 乌燕鸥 Japanese セグロアジサシ Russian Тёмная крачка Spanish Charrán sombrío Portuguese trinta-réis-das-rocas / gaivina-de-dorso-preto Bird Data App text Normally seen far from shore, often resting on floating objects. Compare to [Bridled Tern]. There are millions of Sooty Tern in the world, and there are records at inland bodies of water as well.
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Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
