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Onychoprion

  • Onychoprion

    Onychoprion, the "brown-backed terns", is a genus of seabirds in the family Laridae. 
    The genus name is from Ancient Greek onux, "claw" or "nail", and prion, "saw".

    1/ Bridled tern (Nhàn lưng đen, Onychoprion anaethetus)
    The specific anaethetus means "senseless, stupid".

    2/ Sooty tern (Nhàn nâu, Onychoprion fuscatus), coloquially wideawake tern or just wideawake
    The specific fuscatus is Latin for "dark".

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