Damara Tern

Sternula balaenarum - Sterne des baleiniers

Sterne des baleiniers
adult plum. transition
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Laridés

  • Genus
    :

    Sternula

  • Species
    :

    balaenarum

Descriptor

Strickland, 1853

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 23 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 51 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Sterne des baleiniers
adult plum. breeding
Sterne des baleiniers
adult plum. post breeding

Damara Tern (Sternula balaenarum) is a species of bird in the Laridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Sterne des baleiniers,
  • Charrancito de Damara,
  • chilreta-da-damaralândia,
  • Damaraseeschwalbe,
  • namíb törpecsér,
  • Damarastern,
  • Sterna del Damara,
  • damaratärna,
  • Benguelaterne,
  • rybár vrabcohlasý,
  • rybák damarský,
  • Damaraterne,
  • afrikanpikkutiira,
  • Damaraseeswael (Damarasterretjie),
  • xatrac de Damara,
  • rybitwa namibijska,
  • Китовая крачка,
  • マダラアジサシ,
  • 西非燕鸥,
  • damaratärna,
  • 達馬拉燕鷗,

Voice song and cries

Sterne des baleiniers
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Sterne des baleiniers
adult

Desert : Hot ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/g

ravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged), Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Mud Flats and Salt Flats ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands, Coastal Sand Dunes, Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Salt Exploitation Sites

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

QRcode Sterne des baleiniers
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