Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusOnychoprion (Brown-backed Terns)
- SpeciesOnychoprion fuscatus (Sooty Tern)
Closest Relatives at Everglades National Park
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Cabot's Tern
Thalasseus acuflavidus
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Isla del Coco National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 12 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 13 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 14 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 16 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 17 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 18 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Sooty Tern in Everglades National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Sooty Tern sighting in Everglades National Park, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Sooty Tern in Everglades National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Sooty Tern in Everglades National Park in our monthly data.