---
title: "Rybitwa czarnogrzbieta"
description: "Onychoprion fuscatus — Ptaki. The sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) is a tern in the family Laridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/sooty-tern
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rybitwa czarnogrzbieta

> Onychoprion fuscatus — Ptaki. The sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) is a tern in the family Laridae.

- Scientific name: *Onychoprion fuscatus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 3117
- Wikidata: [Q28482](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28482)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144525](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144525)

## Names

- en: Sooty Tern
- de: Rußseeschwalbe
- es: Charrán Albinegro
- fr: Sterne fuligineuse
- nl: Bonte stern
- pl: Rybitwa czarnogrzbieta

## Countries with the most observations

US (967), AU (312), MX (205), TF (95), PF (57), SC (46), NF (43), UM (40), SH (36), AC (32), NZ (32), ZA (24)

## Summary

The sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) is a tern in the family Laridae. It is a seabird of the tropical oceans and 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooty_tern

## Photo

![Rybitwa czarnogrzbieta](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sooty-tern/medium.jpg)

Photo: Wouter Van Landuyt · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40968699

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sooty-tern?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).