Terns (Sternidae)
Lesser Noddy (Anous tenuirostris) - HBW 3, p. 665
French: Noddi marianne
German: Schlankschnabelnoddi
Spanish: Tiñosa Picofina
Taxonomy: Sterna tenuirostris Temminck, 1823, Senegal; error = Seychelles.
Forms superspecies with A. minutus; further study may even show the two to be conspecific. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823) - Seychelles, Mascarene Is, and probably Maldives, with possible breeding attempts having taken place in Somalia; non-breeders visit Arabia, Madagascar and rarely Tanzanian coast.
- melanops Gould, 1846 - Houtman Abrolhos Is (Western Australia), and formerly Indonesia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult on a branch, singing Locality Bird Island, Seychelles (ssp tenuirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2000 8 years ago 30 sec 4.6 -
An adult with its chick in the nest Locality Cousin Island, Seychelles (ssp tenuirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2000 6 years ago 21 sec 4.5 -
A bird perched at a colony Locality Bird Island, Seychelles (ssp tenuirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2000 6 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
Adults collecting leaves on the ground for the nest Locality Bird Island, Seychelles (ssp tenuirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2000 6 years ago 35 sec 4.1 -
A bird in the nest an another calling Locality Cousin Island, Seychelles (ssp tenuirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2000 6 years ago 33 sec 4 -
Three adults collecting nesting material from the ground Locality Bird Island, Seychelles (ssp tenuirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2000 8 years ago 18 sec 4
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A portrait of a Lesser Noddy.
Locality Aride Island, Seychelles
Norbert Sauberer 21 September 2008 2 years ago 4 -
One Lesser Noddy perched
Locality Aride Island, Seychelles
Norbert Sauberer 21 September 2008 2 years ago 3.4
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