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Sterna sp. (1 Viewer)

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Sterna sp. (South Africa)

Hello!

I observed and photographed these terns on the 28.09. at the Cape of Good Hope (Table Mountain NP). Due to a lack of experience I'm not able to identify them on a species level, and it seems to me to be more than one species. I can identify the Hartlaub's Gulls (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii) and some Sandwich terns (Thalasseus sandvicensis) in the photos, but am at a loss regarding the other terns.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/134175925@N06/Fk29DB
https://www.flickr.com/gp/134175925@N06/8kE6ES
https://www.flickr.com/gp/134175925@N06/G45d1N
https://www.flickr.com/gp/134175925@N06/A58k8g
https://www.flickr.com/gp/134175925@N06/f96m97

EDIT: Tried to change thread name (include country). Sorry for the mistake.
 
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