Crested 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	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	40–50%
2	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	30–40%
3	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
4	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	20–30%
5	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	20–30%
6	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
7	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	10–20%
8	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
9	Bali Barat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	10–20%
10	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
11	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
12	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	<5%
13	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
14	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
15	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	<5%
16	Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
17	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
18	Kerinci Seblat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	Insufficient data
19	Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary	🇲🇾 Malaysia	Insufficient data
20	Kinabalu Park	🇲🇾 Malaysia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

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

About 22% of visitor-days record a Crested Tern sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 1104 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

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

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