Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Sooty Tern chick, Lord Howe Island, December 2011

Sooty Tern chick, Lord Howe Island, December 2011

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CAVS: 0120

Species Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Sooty Tern

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Southern coast of WA through topical Australia to east coast south to southern NSW, occasional observations along southern coast; pelagic, nesting on offshore islands


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Coral cay, offshore waters, rocky island, tidal sandbar.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020 AVES 25-Oct-2022 MODIFIED
26-Nov-2015 LARIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 12-Dec-2019 MODIFIED
04-Jan-2012 MODIFIED