Record details

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:   2047
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3318CD
Observer:   Underhill L.G
Date of record:   2013-04-14
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   298
Species name:   Sterna bergii
Common name:   Swift (Great Crested) Tern -- Geelbeksterretjie
Family:   Laridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-2047
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:  
Date:   2013-04-16 06:21:39
Species name:   Sterna bergii -- Swift (Great Crested) Tern; Geelbeksterretjie
Species code:   298
Comment number:   2
By:   Les Underhill
Comment:   This Swift Tern was flying low over Rondebosch, flying north, with a fish in its bill. Swift Terns are breeding on Robben Island. So the fish would be for its chick. The bird must have caught the fish in False Bay, the nearest sea in the direction from which it was flying. From False Bay to Robben Island is about 40 km, and the fish had travelled 20 km by the time it reached Rondebosch. No wonder it is looking a bit shrivelled.
Date:   2013-04-16 06:32:24
Species name:   Sterna bergii -- Swift (Great Crested) Tern; Geelbeksterretjie
Species code:   298

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