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Sooty tern

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The sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) is a tern in the family Laridae. It is a seabird of the tropical oceans that can fly for years at a time, skimming the sea surface for food and returning to land only to breed, on islands throughout the equatorial zone.

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