**SOOTY TERN Onychoprion fuscatus

Status Occasional visitor. Scarce in waters off northern New Guinea (see Bishop & Hacking 2020). In Biak waters: 4 July 2019, at least 15 (adults and first-summer birds) halfway between Biak and Numfor and ten next day during the return journey (D. Lopez-Velasco in litt. 2021).