Anous minutus Boie, 1844
Black noddy
Black noddy
Anous minutus
photo by Aquino, Maria Theresa

Family:  Laridae ()
Max. size:  39 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 144.0 g
Environment:  others; marine
Distribution:  Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
Diagnosis:  Culmen: 3.72 cm; tarsus: 2.5 cm; wing: 23.5 cm.
Biology:  Total Length: 35 to 39 cm; Wingspan: 66 (Ref. 8812) to 76 cm (Refs. 84934, 91362). Total population is over 200,000 pairs (Ref. 84934).
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 09 December 2019 Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
Country info:  Found in Henderson Island (Ref. 87921). It has a breeding population not exceeding 100 pairs in Oeno and Henderson. While some 10 to 20 pairs breed in a banyan Ficus grove on Tedside, Pitcairn (Ref. 5718). C: Refs. 5718, 87921.

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