Black-tailed Gull vs Sooty Tern

Larus crassirostris مقارنةً بـ Onychoprion fuscatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Black-tailed Gull Sooty Tern
الاسم العلمي Larus crassirostris Onychoprion fuscatus
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Laridae Laridae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 72,8 cm (28.7 in) 56,1 cm (22.1 in)
الوزن 675,0 g (23.81 oz) 183,0 g (6.46 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-3 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Black-tailed Gull only

بلا

Sooty Tern only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Black-tailed Gull

Least Concern

Sooty Tern

About These Birds

Black-tailed Gull

Black-tailed Gull, 44–48 cm, is common on East Asian coasts from Russia to China, Japan, and Korea. Grey mantle, white body, yellow bill with red spot and black subterminal band, yellow legs. Omnivore; very vocal, known as the 'cat gull' for its mewing calls. Migratory; winters south to Vietnam.

Sooty Tern

Sooty Tern is a highly pelagic tern, 33–36 cm, wingspan 82–94 cm, breeding pantropically on oceanic islands. Jet-black above, white below, with a white forehead patch. Among the most aerial of birds; rarely lands on water. Piscivore; snaps fish and squid at the surface during mass prey events.

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