Terns (Sternidae)
Grey Noddy (Procelsterna albivitta) - HBW 3, p. 666
French: Noddi gris
German: Graunoddi
Spanish: Tiñosa Gris
Taxonomy: Procelsterna albivitta Bonaparte, 1856, Lord Howe Island.
Temperate and subtropical counterpart of P. cerulea, with which it forms a superspecies; sometimes considered conspecific. Some authors have claimed that races of SE Pacific belong to P. cerulea, but specimen evidence refutes this. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- albivitta Bonaparte, 1856 - Lord Howe I, Norfolk I, Kermadec Is and Tonga.
- skottsbergii Lönnberg, 1921 - Henderson I, and Easter and Sala y Gómez Is.
- imitatrix Mathews, 1912 - San Ambrosio and San Félix (Desaventurados Is), off C Chile.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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One adult bird perched on a rock
Locality Lady Elliot Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia (ssp albivitta)
Mat Gilfedder 4 December 2010 16 weeks ago 3.6 -
Adult at nesting colony
Locality Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand (ssp albivitta)
Alan Tate 1 March 2007 2 years ago 3
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