New migration records for the Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum
Birds leave their respective breeding grounds at the end of the austral summer, latest April, and move northward along the Namibian coast where they coalesce with other post-breeding Damara Terns into larger flocks before migration. Groups then migrate northward to over-winter in countries such as coastal Gabon, Congo, and even as far as Nigeria, Liberia and Senegal.
Ornithological Observations
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