The Black Noddy is a type of bird, known as a tern. The Latin name, Anous minutus, means small stupid bird, supposedly named as these birds would create nests on old sailing ships, where they provided a welcome change in diet for the sailors aboard. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (616x816, 477 KB) Photo I took in Jan 2005 - Heron Island, Australia - Black Noddy fledgling File links The following pages link to this file: Black Noddy ... Heron Island plus fringing reef, with Wistari Reef in the foreground, as seen from a helicopter View of Heron Island from helicopter Heron Island is a coral cay in the Great Barrier Reef. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Many - see section below. ... Families Thinocoridae Pedionomidae Scolopacidae Rostratulidae Jacanidae Chionididae Burhinidae Haematopodidae Recurvirostridae Ibidorhynchidae Charadriidae Pluvianellidae Dromadidae Glareolidae Stercorariidae Rhynchopidae Laridae Sternidae Alcidae Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. ... Genera Sterna (Gelochelidon) (Hydroprogne) (Thalasseus) Chlidonias Phaetusa Anous Procelsterna Gygis Larosterna Terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily Sterninae of the gull family Laridae. ... Genera Anous Procelsterna Gygis Noddies are members of the tern family Sternidae in the genera Anous, Procelsterna, and Gygis. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Heinrich Boie (May 4, 1784 - September 4, 1827) was a German zoologist. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Genera Sterna (Gelochelidon) (Hydroprogne) (Thalasseus) Chlidonias Phaetusa Anous Procelsterna Gygis Larosterna Terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily Sterninae of the gull family Laridae. ...

The nests of these birds consist on a level platform, often created in the branches of trees by a series of dried leaves covered with bird droppings.

Favoured habitats for these birds are in pacific islands, including:

• Heron Island, Australia
• North America (see List of North American birds), especially Hawaii.

Black Noddys nesting in a tree

Heron Island plus fringing reef, with Wistari Reef in the foreground, as seen from a helicopter View of Heron Island from helicopter Heron Island is a coral cay in the Great Barrier Reef. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the... The California Condor is one of North Americas most endangered birds. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (816x616, 533 KB) Photo I took in Jan 2005 - Heron Island, Australia - Black Noddys in a tree File links The following pages link to this file: Heron Island Black Noddy ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (816x616, 533 KB) Photo I took in Jan 2005 - Heron Island, Australia - Black Noddys in a tree File links The following pages link to this file: Heron Island Black Noddy ...

External links

• Midway atoll US Fish and Wildlife page on the Black Noddy.
• New Hampshire Public TV "Natureworks" page on the Black Noddy.