Most airborne bird
- Who
- Onychoprion fuscatus
- What
- 3–10 year(s)
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 2017
The most airborne of all birds is the sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus). After leaving the nesting grounds as a youngster, it remains aloft for 3–10 years while maturing, settling on water from time to time before returning to land to breed as an adult.