Sooty Tern vs African Skimmer

Onychoprion fuscatus ile kıyaslandığında Rynchops flavirostris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Sooty Tern African Skimmer
Bilimsel Ad Onychoprion fuscatus Rynchops flavirostris
Takım Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familya Laridae Laridae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 56,1 cm (22.1 in) 66,4 cm (26.1 in)
Ağırlık 183,0 g (6.46 oz) 165,66666666666666 g (5.84 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 1 1-5
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Sooty Tern only

Hiçbiri

African Skimmer only

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Sooty Tern

Least Concern

African Skimmer

About These Birds

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.

African Skimmer

African Skimmer: 36–42 cm, black-and-white skimmer with a long bright orange-yellow bill where the lower mandible is longer than the upper. Flies low over large rivers and lakes, cutting the water surface with the lower bill to catch fish. Resident and partial migrant along large rivers and lakes of sub-Saharan Africa. NT.

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