Black Noddy

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Green Isl off Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_9463 20190410

Notes: Smaller, slimmer than Common Noddy. Blackish brown w. long slender bill.
Bold white cap contrasting w. black lores. Adult white cap grades to blue-grey
on nape. Juvenile rear of white cap more boldly defined. Typically nests in trees.
Rarely seen on mainland.

Range from Pizzey & Knight^©

Green Isl, off Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3602 20191221

Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_7580 20190326 - juvenile (white cap boldly defined) w. Whimbrel

Green Isl off Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_1736 20231109 - CLICK for one flying.

Hundred Acres, Norfolk Island IMG_5121 20200317

Green Isl off Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_9412 20190410 - young

Green Isl off Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_4180 20191106

Green Isl, off Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3726 20191221

Green Isl, off Cairns, FNE Qld MVI_9416 20190410