Common Tern

Ligama

Common Tern

Latin name

Sterna hirundo

Umndeni

Rynchopidae

Budze

Emashumi lamatsatfu nesihlanu

Indzawo

Tivela elwandle kulibangana nelusentse.

Kusuka endzaweni kuya kulenye

Lokusuka kuyinye indzawo ayohlala kulenye; tinyoni letigabe iring tibuyisiwe ngase lusentseni kusuke England, Norway, Finland, Denmark kanye nase Germany.

Kukhala kwenyoni

Lomsindvo letiwenta ngemavi ato uyahlaba ‘pee-err’.

Kwakhiwa

Tihlanganyela lapho kuhlanganakhona emanti noma elwandle.

Inchazelo yalengakakhuli ngengcondvo

Tinyoni letincane tifana naletindzala letingakahlangani kepha tindzawo tangetulu tinemacashata lamphunga nalokumtfubi, umlomo lobovu emkhatsini kanye nemilente lemtfubi.

Inchazelo yalekhulile

Lomolo wato mudze nga kunye nehhafu emkhatsini welimuva leliso kanye nangaphambili kwesimongo, lomlomo ubovu kanye nalokumnyama lokuncane kepha ibonakalisa lokumnyama kakhulu kuleto letinesimo sekungahlangani. Emehlo ansundvu lotopele. Sichongo sivama kuba nemacashata lamnyama nalokumnyama ngasemehlweni nangasemuva kwenhloko; simongo, ngemuva kwentsamo, chochocho kanye netindzawo tangephansi letimhlophe. Ngetulu inelibala lelimphunga lohhwabile nalokumnyama lokusigadla ngasehlombe leluphiko. Tinyawo tibobu lotopele. Uma ihlangene tinsiba, limuva lentsamo, sichongo kanye nesimongo kumnyama.

Setfulo

Sivakashi sibasinengi ngesikhatsi selihlobo.

Kusakateka

Ikhona ngasegwini kusuka ngenyanga yeNgci kuya kunyenga yaMabas ngetinombolo letinkhulu kepha letingayinye tingatfolwa ekuhambe kwemnyaka. Tiyindlala e inland.