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Sooty Tern – Specimen 1 – ssp. nubilosus – Immature Female

Details

Subspecies: Onychoprion fuscatus nubilosus (Sparrman, 1788)
Unique ID: FTLB-GJ-020001

Date: 23 August 2021
Gender: Immature Female
Location: Coastal Gujarat, India
Reason for death: Cyclone

Overall

Weight: 107 gm
Wingspan: 767 mm
One wing: 336 mm
Body Length with tail: 371 mm

Head & Beak

Head Length: 84.0 mm
Beak Length: 40.3 mm
Beak Width: 11.1 mm
Gape Length: 57.2 mm

Legs

Femur: 27 mm
Tibiotarsus: 48.6 mm
Tarsometatarsus: 21.8 mm
Digit 1: 5.2 mm
Digit 2: 15.0 mm
Digit 3: 20.6 mm
Digit 4: 18.6 mm

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