Andean Gull vs Sooty Tern

Larus serranus से तुलना Onychoprion fuscatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Andean Gull Sooty Tern
वैज्ञानिक नाम Larus serranus Onychoprion fuscatus
गण Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
कुल Laridae Laridae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Least Concern
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 70.6 cm (27.8 in) 56.1 cm (22.1 in)
वजन 478.0 g (16.86 oz) 183.0 g (6.46 oz)
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Andean Gull only

Sooty Tern only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

Andean Gull

Least Concern

Sooty Tern

About These Birds

Andean Gull

Andean Gull, 45–48 cm, breeds at high-altitude Andean lakes from Colombia to Argentina, typically above 3000 m. Black hood in breeding plumage; white below with grey mantle. Largely insectivore, following cattle or foraging at lake edges. Partial altitudinal migrant descending to Pacific and Atlantic coasts in winter.

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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