Grey Noddy
Anous albivitta(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1856)
English (US) Gray Noddy
UK name: Grey Noddy
The Grey Noddy (Anous albivitta) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Laridae (Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls) in the order Charadriiformes.
- Scientific name
- Anous albivitta
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray Noddy
- English (UK)
- Grey Noddy
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1856)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Anous albivitta albivitta
- Anous albivitta skottsbergii
- Anous albivitta imitatrix
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Procelsterna albivitta
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1856)
- Type locality
- Lord Howe Island
- Original description
- Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 42 p.773
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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