Black-tailed Gull vs Sooty Tern

Larus crassirostris verglichen mit Onychoprion fuscatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Black-tailed Gull Sooty Tern
Wissenschaftlicher Name Larus crassirostris Onychoprion fuscatus
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Laridae Laridae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 72,8 cm (28.7 in) 56,1 cm (22.1 in)
Gewicht 675,0 g (23.81 oz) 183,0 g (6.46 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-3 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Black-tailed Gull only

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Sooty Tern only

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Erhaltungsstatus

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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