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Alternative name: Blue-grey Noddy
- Anous ceruleus
Identification
Distribution
Hawaii
Australasia: New Zealand, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Samoa Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, Pitcairn Islands, Tonga, Line Islands, Phoenix Island, Marshall Islands
Pacific Islands: French Polynesia, Marquesas, Society Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Austral Islands
Taxonomy
Split from Grey Noddy (previously Blue-grey Noddy)1,2.
Formerly placed in genus Procelsterna.
Subspecies
There are 5 subspecies[1]
- A. c. saxatilis:
- Marcus Island and northern Marshall Islands to north-western Hawaiian Islands
- A. c. nebouxi:
- A. c. ceruleus:
- Christmas Island (Line Islands) and Marquesas Islands
- A. c. teretirostris:
- Tuamotu Archipelago, Cook, Austral and Society islands
- A. c. murphyi:
- Gambier Islands
Habitat
Open shallow sea.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Blue Noddy. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue_Noddy
