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Damara Tern (1)

Sterna balaenarum

(Near-threatened)

klogan

Namibia

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

A breeding endemic now critically endangered

Date uploaded: Oct 12 2020

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Greater Crested Tern (2)

Sterna bergii

klogan

Australia

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

Usually called a Swift Tern in Southern Africa. It is a coastal breeder along both east and west coasts

Date uploaded: Oct 12 2020

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Bridled Tern (1)

Sterna anaethetus

klogan

Papua New Guinea

Date taken: Nov 8 2018

A single bird has visited Port Elizabeth for a number of years now

Date uploaded: Oct 12 2020

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Black Tern (46)

Chlidonias niger

klogan

United States

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

Not as common in SA as it is in the US. Found mainly on the west coast of Namibia

Date uploaded: Oct 12 2020

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Black-naped Tern (1)

Sterna sumatrana

klogan

Australia

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

A vagrant to Mozambique and Northern KZN

Date uploaded: Oct 12 2020

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Black-headed Gull (2)

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

klogan

United Kingdom (England)

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

A Palearctic Vagrant to our shores

Date uploaded: Oct 12 2020

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Arctic Tern (4)

Sterna paradisaea

klogan

Norway

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

An on passage migrant mainly along the Atlantic seabord

Date uploaded: Oct 12 2020

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Antarctic Tern (2)

Sterna vittata

klogan

Antarctic

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

A fairly common non-breeding winter visitor to South Africa

Date uploaded: Oct 12 2020

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Heuglin's Courser (1)

Rhinoptilus cinctus

klogan

Tanzania

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

Now known as Three-banded Courser this bird is mainly found in Zimbabwe and Botswana

Date uploaded: Sep 19 2020

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Temminck's Courser (1)

Cursorius temminckii

klogan

South Africa

Date taken: Jan 1 1970

A bird of short often burnt grasslands- often found in small flocks

Date uploaded: Sep 19 2020

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Author: klogan