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del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Dunlop, J.N.; Surman, C.A. 2012. The role of foraging ecology in the contrasting responses of two dark terns to a changing ocean climate. Marine Ornithology 40(2): 105-110.
Erwin, C.A.; Congdon, B.C. 2007. Day-to-day variation in sea-surface temperature reduces sooty tern Sterna fuscata foraging success on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 331: 255-266.
Feare, C. 1999. Ants take over from rats on Bird Island, Seychelles. Bird Conservation International 9(1): 95-96.
Feare, C.J.; Gill, E.L.; Carty, P.; Carty, H.E.; Ayrton, V.J. 1997. Habitat use by Seychelles Sooty Terns Sterna fusca and implications for colony management. Biological Conservation 81: 69-76.
Higgins, P.J.; Davies, S.J.J.F. 1996. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds Vol. 3: Snipe to Pigeons. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
IUCN. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2020-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 December 2020).
Rodríguez, C.; Torres, R.; Drummond, H. 2006. Eradicating introduced mammals from a forested tropical island. Biological Conservation 130: 98-105.
van Halewyn, R.; Norton, R. L. 1984. The status and conservation of seabirds in the Caribbean. In: Croxall. J. P. (ed.), Seabird Status and Conservation: A Supplement, pp. 169-222. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.
Wetlands International. 2020. Waterbird Population Estimates. Available at: https://wpe.wetlands.org.
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/sooty-tern-onychoprion-fuscatus on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.