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Anous tenuirostris (Sooty Noddy; Lesser Noddy)

Synonyms: Sterna tenuirostris (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The lesser noddy (Anous tenuirostris), also known as the sooty noddy, is a species of tern in the family Sternidae. It is found near the coastlines of Comoros, Kenya, Liberia, India, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates.
View Wikipedia Record: Anous tenuirostris

Infraspecies

Anous tenuirostris melanops
Anous tenuirostris tenuirostris

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
32
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 15.505
EDGE Score: 2.80367
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  103 grams
Birth Weight [2]  17.4 grams
Female Weight [1]  114 grams
Male Weight [1]  92 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  23.9 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [3]  70 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  30 %
Forages - Water Surface [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [2]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  42 days
Incubation [1]  35 days
Mating Display [2]  Acrobatic aerial display
Maximum Longevity [1]  16 years
Wing Span [4]  24 inches (.6 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Archipiélago Los Roques National Park 409203 Venezuela    
Malindi-Watamu Biosphere Reserve 48433 Kenya  
Parque Nacional Henri Pittier National Park 218030 Venezuela  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles No
Southwest Australia Australia No

Prey / Diet

Gonorynchus greyi (Shark whiting)[5]
Macroramphosus scolopax (Trumpetfish)[5]
Parupeneus spilurus (Japanese goatfish)[5]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anous stolidus (Brown Noddy)2

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Actornithophilus ceruleus[6]

Range Map

External References

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
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5El 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.
♦ 6Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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