Black noddy

Black noddy
At the Tubbataha Reef National Park, Philippines
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Anous
Species:
A. minutus
Binomial name
Anous minutus
Boie, F, 1844
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  Nonbreeding
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Synonyms

Megalopterus minutus Gray[2]
Anous hawaiiensis[3]

The black noddy (Anous minutus), also known as white-capped noddy, is a species of tern in the family Laridae. It is a medium-sized seabird with black plumage and a white cap that closely resembles the lesser noddy with which it was at one time considered conspecific. The black noddy has slightly darker plumage and dark rather than pale lores.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Anous minutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22694799A163885644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22694799A163885644.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bartsch, Paul (1922). "A Visit to Midway Island" (PDF). The Auk. 39: 481–488. doi:10.2307/4073570.
  3. ^ Rothschild, Lionel Walter; Palmer, Henry; Keulemans, John Gerrard; Frohawk, Frederick William (1893). The avifauna of Laysan and the neighbouring islands: with a complete history to date of the birds of the Hawaiian possessions. London: R.H. Porter.