Sooty Tern

Sooty Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Everglades National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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
<5%
2 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
3 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
4 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
5 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
6 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
7 Isla del Coco National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
8 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
9 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
10 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
11 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
12 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
13 Ranomafana National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
Insufficient data
14 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
15 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
16 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
Insufficient data
17 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
18 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data

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.

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