Black-tailed Gull vs Sooty Tern

Larus crassirostris से तुलना Onychoprion fuscatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Black-tailed Gull Sooty Tern
वैज्ञानिक नाम Larus crassirostris Onychoprion fuscatus
गण Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
कुल Laridae Laridae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Least Concern
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 72.8 cm (28.7 in) 56.1 cm (22.1 in)
वजन 675.0 g (23.81 oz) 183.0 g (6.46 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 2-3 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Black-tailed Gull only

कोई नहीं

Sooty Tern only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

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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