bird · Charadriiformes · Laridae

Damara Tern

Sternula balaenarum Strickland, 1853 — also called DATE. Occurrence records of the Damara Tern are shared on GBIF from around 3 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all De Mond Nature Reserve (262 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernLaridae

3reserves with records

363records around them

2provinces

LCIUCN category

Damara Tern (Sternula balaenarum) — Photo: baldcoot · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	262
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	74
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	27

By province

Western Cape: 2 reserves
Eastern Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Scientific name: Sternula balaenarum
GBIF taxon: 6065769
Wikidata: Q1158217

More of the Laridae family

Kelp Gull Greater Crested Tern Grey-headed Gull Hartlaub's Gull Common Tern Caspian Tern Sandwich Tern Whiskered Tern White-winged Tern Antarctic Tern Little Tern

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.