Antarctic Tern

Closest Relatives at Table Mountain National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
2	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
3	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Antarctic Tern in Table Mountain National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Antarctic Tern sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 56 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Antarctic Tern in Table Mountain National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Antarctic Tern in Table Mountain National Park in our monthly data.