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Family Name : Sternidae

Common Name : Sooty Tern     -       Scientific Name : Sterna fuscata ‹‹ Go Back
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Image title
: Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata
Other names
: Wide-awake Tern
Taxonomy & status
: sp S fuscata non breeding visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: Pesalai, Mannar
Date
: 28th May 2010
Equipment
: Canon 40D with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
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Image title
: Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata
Other names
: Wide-awake Tern
Taxonomy & status
: sp S fuscata scarce visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: bird picked up exhausted, at Panadura
Date
: 27th May 2011
Equipment
: Canon 1D mark IV with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and 1.4 X converter
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Image title
: Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata
Other names
: Wide-awake Tern
Taxonomy & status
: sp S fuscata scarce visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: adult
Red data status
: not threatened
Photographer
: Kithsiri Gunawardena
Location
: bird picked up exhausted, at Panadura
Date
: 27th May 2011
Equipment
: Canon 1D mark IV with Canon 400 F2.8 lens and X1.4 converter
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Image title
: Sooty Tern  Sterna fuscata
Other names
: Wide-awake Tern
Taxonomy & status
: sp S anaethetus breeding visitor to Sri Lanka
Remarks
: Adult in breeding plumage
Red data status
: Not threatened
Photographer
: Moditha Kodikara Arachchi
Location
: Adam’s Bridge Island National Park
Date
: 25th July 2016
Equipment
: Canon 1100D with Canon 100-400mm zoom lens
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