Sooty Tern vs African Skimmer

Onychoprion fuscatus 对比 Rynchops flavirostris

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Sooty Tern African Skimmer
学名 Onychoprion fuscatus Rynchops flavirostris
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Laridae Laridae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 56.1 cm (22.1 in) 66.4 cm (26.1 in)
体重 183.0 g (6.46 oz) 165.66666666666666 g (5.84 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 1 1-5
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Sooty Tern only

African Skimmer only

保护状况

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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