Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) |
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© Pieter Verheij | © Marijke de Boer | © Marijke de Boer |
© Tomas Willems | Aruba © Jan Hein Ribot | Frans Guyana © Matthias Fernandez |
Koningsstern: In Frans Guyana broedt deze soort op de eilanden voor de kust, samen met de Cayenne stern. In Suriname wordt hij regelmatig gezien langs de kust, ik heb vooral waarnemingen ten oosten van de monding van de Suriname rivier. Ze komen ook vanuit Noord-Amerika de winter hier doorbrengen. Foto gemaakt door Pieter Verheij in Suriname in 2006 en twee door Marijke de Boer 250 km uit de kust van Suriname in 2012 en een door Jan Hein Ribot gemaakt in maart 2014 op Aruba. Matthias Fenandez maakte zijn foto in Frans Guyana. |
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Verdeling van waarnemingen over het jaar | Waarnemingen van broeden over het jaar |
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The 116 reported observations of this bird in Suriname, mainly for the last 50 years up to 2018, have been grouped by month. More birds on one day are counted as one observation. Of course, if the graph should depict the total number of birds seen, the differences between the months could be much more pronounced. | The reported breeding observations of this bird in Suriname. Most observations are about nest with eggs, some about fledglings, or feeding at a nest or the building of a nest. Of the about 5000 nests and eggs found for all species together, about 1/3 comes from the egg collection of Penard between 1896 and 1905. For some reason most collecting then was done in the first half of each year, so the shown distribution does not necessarily reflect the actual breeding preferences. The main dry season in Suriname is reckoned to be from half August to the end of November, the main wet season from half April to half August, but the the timing of begin and end does vary from year to year. Around March a second dry season often occurs. |