Brown Noddy

The brown noddy, also called the common noddy or noddy tern, is the largest of the noddies. It is told from the black noddy by its larger size and dark brown rather than black plumage. It is 38 to 45 cm long with a wingspan of 75 to 86 cm. It is colonial, usually nesting on elevated sites such as cliffs or in short trees or shrubs and only occasionally on the ground. (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is a tropical seabird found worldwide: in the Indian Ocean from the Red Sea to the Seychelles and Australia, across the Pacific and in the Atlantic and Caribbean (Wikipedia, general species account). The female lays a single egg each breeding season. The species is a tropical seabird with a worldwide distribution, ranging from Hawaii to the Tuamotu Archipelago and Australia in the Pacific Ocean, from the Red Sea to the Seychelles and Australia in the Indian Ocean and in the Caribbean to Tristan da Cunha in the Atlantic Ocean. (Wikipedia, general species account).