Black Noddy
Anous minutus
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
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About the Black Noddy
A medium-sized black tern with a tail that appears square or slightly forked. Smaller and darker than Brown Noddy with a shorter tail, thinner bill, and more contrasting white cap. Uniformly black back, wings and tail, and dark legs, except on the main Hawaiian islands where tail and rump are grayish and feet and legs are bright orange. Nests on coastal cliffs, in sea caves, and in trees. More often seen in groups than Brown Noddy. Often seen from shore.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 63 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
- American Samoa
- Aruba
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Brazil
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Chile
- China
- Clipperton Island
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Coral Sea Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Curaçao
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Guam
- High Seas
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Nauru
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Pitcairn Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Solomon Islands
- Suriname
- Taiwan
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- United States
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Wallis and Futuna
