Anous stolidus
Common Noddy
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Anous
Species
Anous stolidus
Status
least concern
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- From 37 cm to 45 cm (Length of specimen)
Wingspan
- From 79 cm to 86 cm
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
Black Noddy (species: Anous minutus)
The Black Noddy resembles the closely related Common Noddy, but is smaller with darker plumage, a whiter cap, a longer, straighter beak and shorter tail. (Wikipedia)
Distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
It is a tropical seabird with a worldwide distribution, ranging from Hawaii to the Tuamotu Archipelago and Australia in the Pacific Ocean, from the Red Sea to the Seychelles and Australia in the Indian Ocean and in the Caribbean to Tristan da Cunha in the Atlantic Ocean.
It is colonial, usually nesting on the in elevated situations on cliffs or in short trees or shrubs. It only occasionally nests on the ground. (Wikipedia)
Audio recordings
Web resources
References
- Simpson, K., N. Day and P. Trusler (2004). Field Guide to Birds of Australia: 7th Edition Penguin Group (Australia), Camberwell, Victoria.
- Smith, G.C. (1987). The birds of Eagle Island, a tropical sand cay on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Sunbird, 17(1): 1-11. LIRS catalog number 245.