Birds of the World

    CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)  
Genus: Anous (5 species)


Grey Noddy
Grey Noddy (Anous albivitta)
Range: PO: subtropical South Pacific from Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far e of Australia), Kermadec Is. (ne of New Zealand) to se Polynesia and is. far w of n Chile
Fennell Island, North Island, New Zealand  
   
Photograph by Graham Ekins   © All Rights Reserved.


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Blue Noddy (Anous ceruleus)
Range: PO: tropical Pacific Ocean islands from far se Japan and Micronesia to Northwestern Hawaiian Is., Marquesas and Gambier Is. (e Tuamotu Arch., e Polynesia)
   




Black Noddy
Black Noddy (Anous minutus)
Range: PO, AO: tropical and subtropical Pacific and Atlantic oceans, very locally ne Indian and Caribbean Sea
Dolphins' Bay Viewpoint, Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

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Brown Noddy
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Range: TrO: widespread on tropical and subtropical islands of all oceans
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Lesser Noddy
Lesser Noddy (Anous tenuirostris tenuirostris)
Range: IO: tropical and subtropical Indian Ocean is. from Seychelles and Mascarenes to Chagos and Maldives (wc Indian Ocean) and Houtman Abrolhos Is. (w of WA, w Australia) and Ashmore Reef (nw of Australia; race?)
Cousin Island, Seychelles  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.



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