Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus ‡

Michaelmas Cay, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3334 20190824

Notes: AKA Common Noddy. Larger, dark brown tern, not blackish as for Black Noddy;
stouter, shorter bill, white cap, black lores. Narrow, incomplete white eye-ring wraps round
underside of eye. Pale brown bar across inner upperwing. White limited to the forehead on
immature, variably suffused w. grey-brown. Typically nests on ground or in low bushes.
Widespread in tropical offshore waters, rarely seen from mainland.

Range from eBird©(last 10 years)