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LESSER NODDY FACTS |
Description
The Lesser Noddy is the smallest of the three Australian noddies. It is grey black bird with white cap. The white cap spreads further down the head than in the White-capped Noddy and Common Noddy. The Common Noddy has overlapping range but can be distinguished as it is bigger and more brown in colour.
Other Names
Sooty Noddy
Size
30cm - 35cm
Habitat
tropical and sub-tropical seas, off shore islands
Food
fish, squid
Breeding
nests on the Houtman Abrolhos islands in White Mangroves trees (Avicennia marina). Lays a single creamy white lightly spotted egg.
Range
The Lesser Noddy is found in southern and eastern Africa and islands of the Indian Ocean. In Australia it is breeds on the Houtman Abrolhos islands off Western Australia, and occasionally seen in other areas off western coast of Western Australia..
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Charadriiformes | | Family: | Laridae | | Genus: | Anous | | Species: | tenuirostris | | Common Name: | Lesser Noddy |
Relatives in same Genus
White-capped Noddy (A. minutus)
Common Noddy (A. stolidus)
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