Swift Tern

© Robert Hofmeyr

Ligama

Swift Tern (Greater Crested Tern)

Ligama le Latin

Sterna bergii

Umndeni

Rynchopidae

Budze

Emashumi lasihlanu ema cm

Indzawo

Ivela ngemacembu lamancane elugwini lwemanti.

Kukhala kwenyoni

Inemsindvo, iyamemeta ‘kreee-kreee’.

Kwakhiwa

Ihlalela kakhulu lapho kuvuleke khona, endzaweni lelingene, inyanga yeNdlovu kuya kunyenga yeMphala. Sigogo lesigubhe kancane siyakhiwa, ngalesinye sikhatsi sentiwa ngetjani lobuncane. Kusuka kulinye licandza kuya kumabili nesikhumba lesimhlophe ngelibala, libala leliluhlata losasibhakabhaka lohhwabile noma lopinki lohhwabile lomakwe ngemabadlana lansundvu.

Inchazelo yaletisengakakhuli kahle

Letisengakakhuli kahle tinemlomo lomtfubi, tindzawo letingetulu letimhlophe nalokumnyama netimphiko letisamtfubi ngasegcineni – lilibala lelisamacabhacabha. Lemilili iyafanana.

Inchazelo yalesetikhulile

Itern lese iyindzala, lenemlomo lomkhulu lotjekile lomtfubi. Simogno lesivulekile, emaceleni ebuso, intsamo kanye netindzawo tangephansi timhlophe. Imilente imunyama bese tinyawo tinesitsendze lesimtfubi.

Setfulo

Tijwayele indzawo.

Kusakateka kwato

Ijwayelwe eningizimu ye nshonalanga lese Cape bese itfolwa etindzawaneni letincane ngaselugwini, noma emifuleni lebanti. Ihlanganela eSchaapen, Marcus, Dyer, Malgas, Meeuw kanye nase Robben Islands, kepha hhayi kusinye nasinye sichingi mnyaka wonkhe.