Anous tenuirostris, Lesser noddy

Anous tenuirostris   (Temminck, 1823)

Lesser noddy
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Charadriiformes | Laridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others.  Tropical; 27°N - 36°S, 89°W - 125°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific: From Belize and north to Oman, south to Madagascar and east to Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 32.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84934)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total length is 32 cm while wing span is 60 cm (Ref. 84934). This species have allopatric distributions (Ref. 87784). Breeds colonially in trees and occasionally in bushes (Ref. 84934).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry and S. Keith. 1986. (Ref. 7818)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).

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