Damara tern
| Damara tern | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Sternidae |
| Genus: | Sternula |
| Species: | S. balaenarum |
| Binomial name | |
| Sternula balaenarum Strickland, 1852 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sterna balaenarum | |
The Damara tern (Sternula balaenarum) is a species of tern in the Sternidae family.
It breeds in western South Africa, Namibia and Angola. Non-breeding birds migrate north reaching Benin, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Togo.
Its natural habitats are shallow seas, sandy shores, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- BirdLife International 2006. Sterna balaenarum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
External links
- Damara tern - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
- Paper in Ornithological Observations New migration records for the Damara tern