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Anous stolidus (Brown Noddy)

Synonyms: Sterna stolida (homotypic)
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The brown noddy or common noddy (Anous stolidus) is a seabird from the tern family. 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.
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Infraspecies

Anous stolidus galapagensis
Anous stolidus pileatus
Anous stolidus plumbeigularis
Anous stolidus ridgwayi
Anous stolidus stolidus (Brown noddy)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
28
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.7975
EDGE Score: 2.54925
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  179 grams
Birth Weight [3]  25 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Oceanic islands, Coastal marine, Pelagic
Wintering Geography [2]  Tropical Oceans
Wintering Habitat [2]  Pelagic
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [4]  70 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  30 %
Forages - Water Surface [4]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  1
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [1]  35 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  1,600,000
Incubation [3]  35 days
Mating Display [5]  Non-acrobatic aerial display
Mating System [5]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  26 years
Wing Span [6]  32 inches (.82 m)
Female Maturity [3]  3 years
Male Maturity [3]  4 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Gonorynchus greyi (Shark whiting)[7]
Macroramphosus scolopax (Trumpetfish)[8]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anous tenuirostris (Sooty Noddy)2
Coryphaena hippurus (Mahi-mahi)1
Seriola rivoliana (Pacific amberjack)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Contracaecum magnicollare[9]
Contracaecum magnipapillatum[10]
Contracaecum variegatum[10]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 6Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 7del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 8El Niño Southern Oscillation and the Leeuwin Current influence on seabird reproductive performance and diet at the Houtman Abrolhos. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 92(2): 155–163.
♦ 9Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 10Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0