The Sooty Gull lives along coasts around the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Breeding adults have dark, sooty gray-brown plumage and search the shore for fish and other food.
Breeding adults are sooty gray-brown from the head through the body. Juveniles and birds in other plumages differ.
It catches fish and small animals along the coast and may also use carrion and food associated with human activity. It breeds on coastal islands and shores.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.