Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Grootbruinsterretjie
Common Names in Dutch:
Noddy
Common Names in English:
Brown Noddy, Common Noddy
Common Names in French:
Noddi Brun
Common Names in German:
Noddi, Noddiseeschwalbe
Common Names in Japanese:
クロアジサシ
Common Names in Spanish:
Charrán-Bobo Café, Tiñosa Boba
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,163 meters (0 to 7,096 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Charadriiformes
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Suborder:
Lari
()
- Sharpe, 1891
- Infraorder:
Larides
()
- Sharpe, 1891
- Parvorder:
Charadriida
()
- Parvorder:
Charadriida
(
- Infraorder:
Larides
(
- Suborder:
Lari
(
- Order:
Charadriiformes
(
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Anous stolidus (Linnaeus
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Anous
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. minutus (White-Capped Noddy) · A. minutus minutus (White-Capped Noddy) · A. stolidus (Common Noddy) · A. stolidus galapagensis (Brown Noddy) · A. stolidus pileatus (Brown Noddy Tern) · A. stolidus stolidus (Brown Noddy) · A. tenuirostris (Lesser Noddy) · A. tenuirostris tenuirostris (Lesser Noddy)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A hand-list of British birds, with an account of the distribution of each species in the British Isles and abroad. By Ernst Hartert, F. C. R. Jourdain, N. F. Ticehurst and H. F. Withersby. London, Witherby, 1912. url p. 196, p. 220.
- Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 466, p. 548.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , p. 182, p. 545, p. 549.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. 13 1948 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. url p. 333.
- Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in birds' nests. Ames, Iowa State College Press[1959] url p. 279.
- Guide to the birds of Europe and North Africa. With a biographical memoir by William Eagle Clarke. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1923. url p. 296.
- Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Washington [etc., Washington Academy of Sciences] url p. 60.
- Oceanic birds of South America: a study of species of the related coasts and seas, including the American quadrant of Antarctica, based upon the Brewster-Sanford collection in the American Museum of Natural History / by Robert Cushman Murphy; illustrated from paintings by Francis L. Jaques; photographs, maps, and other drawings. I 1936 New York: Macmillan Co.: c1936. url p. xvi.
- The Marine Mammal Commission compendium of selected treaties, international agreements, and other relevant documents on marine resources, wildlife, and the environment / compiled by Richard L. Wallace. Washington, D.C.: The Commission; 1994 url p. 511, p. 514.
- The bird rookeries of the Tortugas. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1919. url p. 498.
- The birds of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the higher groups, genera, species, and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America, from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other island Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1901- url , , .
- The birds of the Isle of Pines / by W. E. Clyde Todd. Pittsburgh, 1916 url p. 161.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 14 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2576341
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176942
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13904130
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176942
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 142914
Footnotes
- Mean = 1,201.280 meters (3,941.207 feet), Standard Deviation = 511.390 based on 4,625 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
