Anous

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Anous
Brown Noddy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Sternidae
Genus: Anous
Stephens, 1826
species

A. stolidus
A. minutus
A. tenuirostris

Anous is a genus of birds in the tern family. It consists of three species,

Lesser Noddy is sometimes consider to be a subspecies of Black Noddy

These are dark-plumaged terns of tropical oceans, which nest colonially. They feed on small fish caught by plunge diving.

Anous is Greek for "unmindful" (Harrison, 1990; see also nous). These birds are often unwary and were well known to sailors for their apparent indifference to hunters or predators.

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