Species profile
Damara Tern
Sternula balaenarum
Quick answer
Coastal Namibia to Cape Province; winters to n Angola
- Scientific name
- Sternula balaenarum
- Family
- Laridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Sternula
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Damara Tern in your journal
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