Sooty Tern juvenile

Sooty Tern juvenile

Later that day and back in Port Moresby, the weather maps showed a major depression over the South China Seas, serious flooding and the closure of Hong Kong airport. This may have been the cause of the movement of Sooty Terns further south and sadly, to an area where there was insufficient food for their survival.

Country: Papua New Guinea
Location: Kiunga Airport
Family: Gulls, Terns and Skimmers (Laridae)
Species: Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
Date taken: 17/07/2012