Grey Noddy
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Grey Noddy

Anous albivitta(Bonaparte, 1856)

Native
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family
Laridae
Genus
Anous
Commonness
Common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The grey noddy or grey ternlet is a seabird belonging to the family Laridae. It was once regarded as a pale morph of the blue noddy but is now usually considered to be a separate species.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Subtropical South Pacific from Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (far east of Australia), Kermadec Is. (north-east of New Zealand) to south-east Polynesia and is. far west of north Chile

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
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