Anous

Anous
	Brown noddy and black noddy together, Lord Howe Island
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Laridae
Genus:	Anous; Stephens, 1826
Type species
	Anous niger = Sterna stolida; Stephens, 1826
Species
	A. stolidus; A. minutus; A. tenuirostris; A. ceruleus; A. albivitta;
Synonyms
	Procelsterna Lafresnaye, 1842

The noddies, forming the genus Anous, is a genus of seabirds in family Laridae which also contains the gulls, terns and skimmers. The genus contains five species.^[1]

The noddies inhabit tropical oceans and have 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.^[2] They nest in colonies on cliffs or in short trees or shrubs, seldom on the ground. The female lays one egg in each breeding season.^[2] These birds feed on small fish which they catch by dipping their bills beneath the surface while flying; they do not plunge dive.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Noddies, gulls, terns, auks". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b Anous, TOLWEB
^ Cite error: The named reference hbwlesser was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Gochfeld, M.; Burger, J.; Kirwan, G.M.; Garcia, E.F.J. (2020). "Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.brnnod.01. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
^ Gochfeld, M.; Burger, J.; Kirwan, G.M.; Garcia, E.F.J. (2020). "Black Noddy (Anous minutus)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.blknod.01. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

[ioc-1] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Noddies, gulls, terns, auks". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

[tolweb-2] Anous, TOLWEB

[hbwlesser-3] Cite error: The named reference hbwlesser was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Gochfeld, M.; Burger, J.; Kirwan, G.M.; Garcia, E.F.J. (2020). "Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.brnnod.01. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

[5] Gochfeld, M.; Burger, J.; Kirwan, G.M.; Garcia, E.F.J. (2020). "Black Noddy (Anous minutus)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.blknod.01. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

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