SynonymsBot
Synonyms for lesser_noddy_anous or Related words with lesser_noddy_anous
sooty_tern_onychoprion_fuscatus
sooty_tern_onychoprion_fuscata
whiskered_tern_chlidonias_hybrida
noddy_anous_minutus
stolidus
bridled_tern_onychoprion_anaethetus
lappet_faced_vulture_torgos
brown_noddy_anous
tern_chlidonias_hybrida
albifrons_bridled_tern_onychoprion
hume_wheatear
anas_hottentota
cape_teal_anas
anaethetus_whiskered
pied_bushchat_saxicola_caprata
sterna_acuticauda
chlidonias_hybrida
minutus_gull_billed_tern
hooded_wheatear_oenanthe_monacha
anaethetus_sooty_tern_onychoprion
caspian_tern_hydroprogne_caspia
little_tern_sternula
moussier_redstart_phoenicurus_moussieri
nettapus_auritus
flycatcher_myiobius
siberian_stonechat_saxicola_maurus
african_pygmy_goose
tern_hydroprogne_caspia_sandwich
whinchat_saxicola_rubetra_european
least_tern_sternula
arenaria_interpres
tracheliotos_white_headed
southern_pochard_netta
oriental_greenfinch
slender_billed_prion_pachyptila
golden_crowned_spadebill
fire_fronted_serin
antarctic_prion_pachyptila_desolata
hydroprogne_caspia
slate_colored_seedeater
platyrinchus_coronatus
albifrons_saunders_tern_sternula
crowned_lapwing_vanellus_coronatus
albifrons_whiskered_tern_chlidonias
sporophila_schistacea
white_winged_tern
bicolored_hawk_accipiter_bicolor
dusky_crested_flycatcher
rosea_laughing_gull_leucophaeus
blue_noddy_procelsterna
Examples of "lesser_noddy_anous"
The
lesser
noddy
("
Anous
tenuirostris melanops") builds a platform nest of leaves in mangrove trees. This bird is listed as vulnerable under Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Five species are considered to be breeding in internationally significant numbers: the sooty tern ("Sterna fuscata"); the brown and
lesser
noddy
("
Anous
stolidus" and "Anous tenuirostris"); the red-footed booby ("Sula sula") and the wedge-tailed shearwater ("Puffinus pacificus").
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.
There are two subspecies of bird endemic to the islands. The Abrolhos painted button-quail occurs only on five islands in the Wallabi Group, and is protected as rare under the "Wildlife Conservation Act 1950". Also gazetted as rare, the Australasian subspecies of the
lesser
noddy
, "
Anous
tenuirostris melanops", breeds only on Wooded Island, Morley Island and Pelsaert Island.
The total bird list for the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia, consists of 91 species, with large breeding populations of 16 species. Although no birds ae endemic, internationally important seabird colonies exist. Diego Garcia's seabird community includes thriving populations of species which are rapidly declining in other parts of the Indian Ocean. Large nesting colonies of brown noddies ("Anous stolidous"), bridled terns ("Sterna anaethetus"), the
lesser
noddy
("
Anous
tenuirostris"), red-footed booby ("Sula sula") and lesser frigate birds ("Fregata ariel"), exist on Diego Garcia.