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Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus(Linnaeus, 1758)
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At a glance
The Brown Noddy is a large bird, about 40–45 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 40–45 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Brown Noddy look like?
The Brown Noddy is a large bird, about 40–45 cm long and weighing 150–272 g.
The brown noddy, common noddy or noddy tern is a seabird in the family Laridae. The largest of the noddies, it can be told from the closely related black noddy by its larger size and plumage, which is dark brown rather than black. The brown noddy is a tropical seabird with a worldwide distribution, ranging from Hawaii to the Tuamotu Archipelago and Australia in the Pacific Ocean, from the Red Sea to the Seychelles and Australia in the Indian Ocean and in the Caribbean to Tristan da Cunha in the Atlantic Ocean. The brown noddy is colonial, usually nesting on elevated situations on cliffs or in short trees or shrubs. It only occasionally nests on the ground. A single egg is laid by the female of a pair each breeding season. In India, the brown noddy is protected in the PM Sayeed Marine Birds Conservation Reserve.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Brown Noddy?
The Brown Noddy is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Brown Noddy eat?
The Brown Noddy feeds on fish/invertebrates, usually foraging in flocks.
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