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A Caspian Tern chick at its nest, Ilha dos Tigres, November 2005
(photo BM Dyer)
of which 7.5% were juveniles, were recorded at the locality
(Simmons 2010, Braby 2011).
Farther north, from Tômbua (15.78 S, 12.15 E) to Baia
dos Tigres and surrounds (16.43 S, 11.72 E), 280 adults
but no nests were recorded along 203 km of coastline be-
tween 20 December 1998 and 4 January 1999 (Simmons
2010, Braby 2011). After nesting, Damara Terns migrate
north along the African coast from their breeding grounds
in the Benguela system to the Gulf of Guinea (Braby et al.
1991).

References
Braby J. 2011. The biology and conservation of the Damara Tern in
Namibia. PhD thesis, University of Cape Town, South Africa,
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Braby R, Braby SJ, Simmons RE. 1991. 5000 Damara Terns in the
northern Namib Desert: a reassessment of world population
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Dean WRJ, Dowsett RJ, Sakko A, Simmons RE. 2002. New re-
Cape Cormorants were nesting under a disused lighthouse at Ilha cords and amendments to the birds of Angola. Bulletin of the
dos Tigres in November 2005 (photo BM Dyer) British Ornithologists’ Club 122: 180–185.
du Toit M, Boere GC, Cooper J, de Villiers MS, Kemper J, Lenten
B, Petersen SL, Simmons RE, Underhill LG, Whittington
(Thalasseus b. bergii) were present at the island but none PA, Byers OP (eds). 2003. Conservation Assessment and
of these species was breeding (Dyer 2007). Management Plan for southern African coastal seabirds.
Cape Fur Seals (Arctocephalus p. pusillus) initiated Avian Demography Unit, Cape Town and Conservation
breeding at the island around the recent turn of the century Breeding Specialist Group, IUCN/SSC Apple Valley, 198 pp.
(Meÿer 2007). Dyer BM. 2007. Report on top-predator survey of southern
Angola including Ilha dos Tigres, 20–29 November 2005.
30 km north of Cunene River mouth
Coordinates: 16.97 S; 11.77 E
Description: Namib Desert coast along southern Angola.
Conservation status: it is not protected
Species and numbers breeding:
Damara Tern
Year No. of pairs
2009 a 6

a Simmons (2010), Braby (2011)
Notes:
This is the northernmost record of breeding by Damara
Terns and the first in Angola, the nests being found from
24–26 January 2009. At the same time 573 Damara Terns, A view across Ilha dos Tigres in November 2005 (photo BM Dyer)

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