Brown Noddy - BirdForum Opus

Anous stolidus

Photo by Mike Barth
Kalba, UAE, June 2010

Identification

Length 40 cm
Dark brown, grey/white cap

Distribution

Tropical oceans: Circumglobal.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Photo by bionicsherpa
Galapagos Islands, March 2009

There are 5 subspecies^[1]:

• A. s. plumbeigularis:

• Southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

• A. s. pileatus:

• Seychelles and Madagascar to Australia, Polynesia and Hawaii

• A. s. galapagensis:

• Galapagos Islands

• A. s. ridgwayi:

• Western Mexico (Revillagigedo Islands) to Costa Rica (Cocos Island)

• A. s. stolidus:

• Caribbean and south Atlantic islands; Gulf of Guinea to Cameroon

A. s. plumbeigularis is usually considered invalid, and sometimes considered a subspecies of A. s. pileatus ^[2].

Habitat

Pelagic; breeds on oceanic islands.

Behaviour

Diet

They are surface feeders.

Breeding

It nests on cliffs or in trees. A single egg is laid.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown Noddy. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown_Noddy

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