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First record of Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Laridae, Charadriiformes), from São Paulo state, Brazil

  • Juarez de Castro Cabral,
  • Vanessa Lanes Ribeiro,
  • Gabriela Cristina da Silva,
  • Isabella Cristina da Rocha Boaventura,
  • Lucas Cardoso Laurindo,
  • Cristiane Macedo del Rio do Valle,
  • Rodrigo del Rio do Valle,
  • Claudia Carvalho do Nascimento,
  • Juliana Plácido Guimarães,
  • Carolina Pacheco Bertozzi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15560/19.6.855
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 6
pp. 855 – 861

Abstract

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Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus (Linnaeus 1766), is a rare species along the Brazilian coast due to oceanic habits. We report the first documented record of this species from São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil. The specimen was found beached in Mongaguá municipality. Morphological assessment, necropsy, and histological analysis allowed us to identify species, reproductive state (non-breeding), and sex (male) of this specimen.

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