
Common Tern
The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae.
Informazioni sulla specie
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 1,103 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property and not from this province. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Western Cape and beyond
Provinces where Common Tern is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
1,103 records, iNaturalist
Parchi in cui gli host segnalano: Common Tern
Strutture che sostengono una causa
In tutto il Capo Occidentale
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Fynbos · Southern right whale
Da R 4,640 a notte
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Foresta
Da R 2,170 a notte
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Fynbos · Cape fur seal
Da R 1,560 a notte
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Fynbos
Da R 1,340 a notte
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Fynbos
Da R 1,370 a notte
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Fynbos
Da R 1,560 a notte
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Fynbos
Da R 1,560 a notte
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Fynbos
Da R 1,560 a notte
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Fynbos · Bushbuck · Bushpig
Da R 1,380 a notte
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Fynbos · Bushbuck · Bushpig
Da R 1,580 a notte
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Fynbos · Bushbuck · Bushpig
Da R 1,580 a notte
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Fynbos · Bushbuck · Bushpig
Da R 1,410 a notte
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Fynbos · King protea · Sugarbush
Da R 770 a notte
Common Tern: segnalato qui · Bioma: Fynbos · Bontebok · King protea
Da R 4,859 a notte
Birder Friendly · Bioma: Fynbos
Sostiene Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy e un’altra causa
Da R 14,985 a notte
Bioma: Karoo succulento · Spekboom
Sostiene Wolwekraal Nature Reserve
Da R 1,400 a notte
Bioma: Foresta
Sostiene National Sea Rescue Institute
Da R 2,250 a notte
Birder Friendly · Bioma: Fynbos · Black wildebeest · Bontebok
Sostiene BirdLife South Africa
Da R 5,636 a notte
Bioma: Fynbos · English oak
Sostiene Cape Leopard Trust
Da R 6,195 a notte
Angulate tortoise · Wild olive
Prezzo su richiesta
Bioma: Fynbos · English oak
Da R 2,800 a notte
Bioma: Fynbos
Da R 9,900 a notte
Bioma: Fynbos · English oak
Prezzo su richiesta
Bioma: Fynbos
Sostiene Barrydale Hospice
Da R 4,355 a notte
Whale coast and rolling farm country
Vedi le strutture che sostengono una causaPianificare un viaggio
Quando e dove trovarlo: Common Tern
Gli host hanno segnalato questa specie (Common Tern) in strutture dentro o accanto a Goukamma Nature Reserve, Table Mountain National Park and Keurbooms River Nature Reserve.
Le ore migliori della giornata
- Le prime ore dopo l’alba e il tardo pomeriggio. Gli uccelli cantano e si nutrono soprattutto nelle ore fresche.
- Mezzogiorno. Più silenzioso, soprattutto nel caldo estivo.
Modi di osservare
Guidare in autonomia
Il Suo veicolo e il Suo ritmo, sulle strade del parco.
Dove lo segnalano gli host
Specie
Sterna hirundo
Segnalazioni
1,103
Osservazioni su iNaturalist
Ogni prenotazione su Spekboom sostiene la conservazione.
Le domande dei viaggiatori
Una segnalazione significa che un host ha visto questa specie (Common Tern) nella struttura o nei dintorni. Non è mai una garanzia di avvistamento.
Which parks and reserves are best for the Common Tern in Western Cape?
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Common Tern at stays in or beside Goukamma Nature Reserve, Table Mountain National Park, Keurbooms River Nature Reserve, Kogelberg Nature Reserve and Robberg Nature Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
Where can you see the Common Tern in South Africa?
The Common Tern is most recorded in Western Cape (70% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (18% of records), Eastern Cape (12% of records), based on 1,103 iNaturalist observations. 14 places to stay on Spekboom in Western Cape have recorded the Common Tern on site or nearby.
When is the best time to see the Common Tern?
The Common Tern is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Goukamma Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr; Table Mountain National Park: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct; Keurbooms River Nature Reserve: year-round; Kogelberg Nature Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
What is the Common Tern?
The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions.
























