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This Little Tern (Sternula albifrons or Sterna albifrons) perched on our bow in the Knysna lagoon. These birds migrate from Europe and Asia to Africa and other southern areas in the winter. Due to habitat loss, pollution and other human interferences these once-common birds are no longer found in many European areas.