Sooty Tern

Sooty Tern

Onychoprion fuscatus

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Everglades National Park
6 Verified records at Everglades National Park
October Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Tern sighting in Everglades National Park, based on 6 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 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 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
8 Isla del Coco National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
9 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
10 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
11 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
12 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
13 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
14 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
15 Ranomafana National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
Insufficient data
16 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
17 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
Insufficient data
18 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
19 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
20 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 wildlife watchers report a Sooty Tern sighting in Everglades National Park, based on 6 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

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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