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Lesser Noddy
Anous tenuirostris (Temminck, CJ 1823)
The lesser noddy, also known as the sooty noddy, is a seabird in the family Laridae. It is found near the coastlines of Comoros, Kenya, India, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates. Source: Wikipedia
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Charadriiformes
Family:
Laridae
Genus:
Anous
Scientific:
Anous tenuirostris
Classification
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:
Laridae
Genus:
Anous
Scientific:
Anous tenuirostris
Original description
Citation:
(Temminck, CJ 1823)
Reference:
Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois.
livr.34 pl.202
Protonym:
Sterna tenuirostris
Type locality:
Senegal, error = Seychelles, substituted by Mathews, Nov. Zool., 18, 1912, p. 210.
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
03F9EB153E1DD50C
Avibase ID:
avibase-03F9EB15
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/03F9EB15
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176943
Geographic range:
- Anous tenuirostris: tropical and subtropical Indian Ocean islands from Seychelles and Mascarenes to Chagos and Maldives (west-central Indian Ocean) and Houtman Abrolhos Islands (west of western Australia) and Ashmore Reef (northwest of Australia; race?); winters to east Africa, Comoros, and northern Madagascar
- Anous tenuirostris tenuirostris: Seychelles, Mascarenes, and Maldives
- Anous tenuirostris melanops: Houtman Abrolhos Islands (western Australia); formerly Indonesia
Source: Clements checklist
Lesser Noddy
Catalan:
Nodi becfí
Czech:
nody tenkozobý
Danish:
Noddy
German:
Schlankschnabelnoddi
Spanish:
Tiñosa Picofina
Spanish (Spain):
Tiñosa Picofina
Finnish:
pikkuruskotiira
French:
Noddi marianne
Croatian:
tankokljuna čigra
Hungarian:
indiai noddi
Icelandic:
Snúðþerna
Italian:
Noddy minore
Japanese (romaji):
indohimekuroajisashi
Japanese:
インドヒメクロアジサシ
Lithuanian:
Mažasis nodis
Dutch:
Kleine Noddy
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Smånoddy
Norwegian:
Smånoddy
Polish:
rybołówka cienkodzioba
Portuguese:
tinhosa-pequena
Portuguese (Portugal):
nodi-pequeno
Russian:
Малая кланяющаяся крачка
Slovak:
nody tenkozobý
Serbian:
Mali nodi
Swedish:
mindre noddy
Ukrainian:
Крячок тонкодзьобий
Chinese:
小玄燕鸥
Chinese (Traditional):
小黑燕鷗
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Noddi marianne ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Noddi marianne ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Sooty Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Sooty Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Sooty Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Black Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Oriental Bird Club: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Anous tenuirostris [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Anoüs tenuirostris [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Anoüs tenuirostris [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Lesser Noddy ( Anous tenuirostris) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Anous tenuirostris [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Anous tenuirostris [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Anous [tenuirostris or minutus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Kleinbruinseeswael , Kleinbruinseeswael (Kleinbruinsterretjie), Kleinbruinsterretjie
Azerbaijani: kiçik başəyən susüpürən
Bengali: হছাট নচড
Bengali (transliteration): chōṭa naḍi*
Catalan: Nodi becfí
Czech: Nody tenkozobý
Welsh: Hurtyn bach
Danish: Noddy
German: Schlankschnabelnoddi
Maldivian: Kurangi
English: Black Noddy, Lesser Noddy, Sooty Noddy, White-capped Noddy
English, HBW: Lesser Noddy
English (IOC): Lesser Noddy
English (Kenya): Lesser Noddy
English (United States): Lesser Noddy
Esperanto: Bruna noĉoŝterno, Maldikbeka ŝterno
Spanish: Charrán Pequeño, Charran Picofina, Tiñosa Picofina
Spanish (Spain): Tiñosa Picofina
Spanish (HBW): Lesser Noddy
Estonian: väike-tõmmutiir
Finnish: Pikkuruskotiira
French: Noddi à bec grêle, Noddi à tête blanche, Noddi marianne
Frisian: Lytse noddy
Irish: Geabhróg chiardhubh
Galician: Trintarreis pequeno
Croatian: tankokljuna čigra
Hungarian: indiai noddi, Karcsú noddi
Icelandic: Snúðþerna
Italian: Noddy minore, Sterna stolida minore
Japanese (romaji): hime kuro aji-sashi, Hime-kuro-ajisashi, indohimekuroajisashi
Japanese: インドヒメクロアジサシ, ヒメクロアジサシ
Japanese (Kanji): 姫黒鯵刺
Scientific: Anous tenuirostris, Anoüs tenuirostris, Anous tenuirostris tenuirostris, Sterna tenuirostris
Lithuanian: Laibasnapė žuvėdra, Mažasis nodis
Latvian: tievknābja zīriņš
Malayalam: ചെറിയ നോടി ആള, ചെറിയ നോഡി ആള
Dutch: Kleine Noddy
Norwegian Nynorsk: Smånoddy
Norwegian: Smånoddy
Polish: rybitwa cienkodzioba, rybołówka cienkodzioba
Pinyin: xiǎo xuán-yàn-ōu
Portuguese: Andorinha-do-mar-preta-menor, Tinhosa-pequena, Trinta-réis
Portuguese (Portugal): nodi-pequeno
Rhaeto-Romance: Noddi pitschen
Romanian: Randunică de mare mică
Russian: Крачка кланяющаяся малая, Малая глупая крачка, Малая кланяющаяся крачка
Northern Sami: Uhcanoddi
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Heen Nidilihiniya
Slovak: nody tenkozobý
Slovenian: Tenkokljuni nodi
Serbian: Mali nodi, Tankokljuni nodi
Swedish: Mindre noddy
Swahili: Buabua Domo-jembamba
Turkish: Küçük Nodi
Ukrainian: Крячок тонкодзьобий
Uzbek: ингичка тумшуқли чигиртчи
Chinese: 小玄燕鸥
Chinese (Traditional): 小玄燕鷗, 小黑燕鷗
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