Terns (Sternidae)
Black Noddy (Anous minutus) - HBW 3, p. 665
French: Noddi noir
German: Weißkopfnoddi
Spanish: Tiñosa Menuda
Other common names: White-capped Noddy
Taxonomy: Anous minutus Boie, 1844, Raine Island, Australia.
Forms superspecies with A. tenuirostris, with which sometimes considered conspecific. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- worcesteri McGregor, 1911 - Cavilli I and Tubbataha Reef (Sulu Sea).
- minutus Boie, 1844 - NE Australia and New Guinea to Tuamotu Is.
- marcusi (Bryan, 1903) - Marcus I and Wake I through Micronesia to Caroline Is.
- worcesteri McGregor, 1911 - Cavilli I and Tubbataha Reef (Sulu Sea).
- minutus Boie, 1844 - NE Australia and New Guinea to Tuamotu Is.
- marcusi (Bryan, 1903) - Marcus I and Wake I through Micronesia to Caroline Is.
- melanogenys G. R. Gray, 1846 - Hawaiian Is.
- diamesus (Heller & Snodgrass, 1901) - EC Pacific at Cocos I and Clipperton Is.
- americanus (Mathews, 1912) - Central America and Venezuelan islands; recently found and possibly nesting off Yucatán, Mexico, and in Lesser Antilles.
- atlanticus (Mathews, 1912) - Atlantic islands (St Paul, Fernando de Noronha, Ascension, St Helena, formerly Inaccessible) N & E to Gulf of Guinea.
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A bird perched in a tree, scratching the head and looking around. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp minutus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 24 sec 4.7 -
A bird preening among a group of individuals, on top of a tree. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp minutus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 25 sec 4.6 -
Several views of birds perched in a tree and the last one stretching the wings and flying away. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp minutus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 45 sec 4.6 -
A big group of birds flying and landing on top of trees, and several shots of them. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp minutus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 47 sec 4.6 -
Several birds perched on rocks, close to the sea, interacting and looking alert. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp minutus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 57 sec 4.5 -
A bird scratching its head and stretching its wing at a nesting colony Locality Lady Elliot Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia (ssp minutus)
Peter Nash 26 October 2006 6 years ago 31 sec 4.5 -
A bird preening its back in a tree. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp minutus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 28 sec 4.4 -
Adults at nesting colony. Locality Lady Elliot Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia (ssp minutus)
Tom Tarrant 25 November 2006 4 years ago 52 sec 4.3 -
A pair roosting in a cave Locality Aguiguan, Northern Mariana Islands (ssp marcusi)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2006 5 years ago 33 sec 4.2 -
A young bird perched in a tree, whistling, seen from below. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp minutus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 36 sec 4 -
A bird landing on a rock, close to a Brown Booby and flying off. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp minutus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 11 sec 4 -
Two birds perched on a trunk performing a display, bending down the head several times. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp minutus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 40 sec 4 -
Three birds at nests Locality Lady Elliot Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia (ssp minutus)
Peter Nash 26 October 2006 6 years ago 56 sec 3.8 -
An individual perched on a rock, shaking the plumage and looking around. Locality Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji (ssp minutus)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2012 30 weeks ago 17 sec 3.6 -
Some birds roosting in Casuarina trees at a colony Locality Lau Lau Bay, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (ssp marcusi)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2006 5 years ago 19 sec 3.5 -
Two birds roosting in a cave Locality Aguiguan, Northern Mariana Islands (ssp marcusi)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2006 5 years ago 31 sec 3.3 -
Several birds in flight, over the sea. Locality Kolombangara Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (ssp minutus)
Josep del Hoyo 9 October 2010 2 years ago 32 sec 3.3 -
A big group of birds resting on the water and then flying away. Locality Kolombangara Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (ssp minutus)
Josep del Hoyo 9 October 2010 2 years ago 37 sec 3.2 -
A big group of birds in flight, looking for food (then at 50% speed). Locality Gizo Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands (ssp minutus)
Josep del Hoyo 13 October 2010 2 years ago 28 sec 3.2
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