Brown Noddy
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Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Ningaloo Marine Park
8 Verified records at Ningaloo Marine Park
March Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The brown noddy, common noddy or noddy tern (Anous stolidus) is a seabird in the family Laridae. The largest of the noddies, it can be told from the closely related black noddy by its larger size and plumage, which is dark brown rather than black. The brown noddy 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. The brown noddy is colonial, usually nesting on elevated situations on cliffs or in short trees or shrubs. It only occasionally nests on the ground. A single egg is laid by the female of a pair each breeding season. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Noddy sighting in Ningaloo Marine Park, based on 8 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Ningaloo Marine Park

Lesser Noddy
LC

Lesser Noddy

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anous tenuirostris

Insufficient data
Silver Gull
Endemic

Silver Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

70–80% · Very likely
Crested Tern
LC

Crested Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalasseus bergii

30–40% · Possible
Caspian Tern
LC

Caspian Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hydroprogne caspia

30–40% · Possible
Lesser Crested Tern
LC

Lesser Crested Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalasseus bengalensis

10–20% · With luck
Whiskered Tern
LC

Whiskered Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlidonias hybrida

5–10% · With luck
Fairy Tern
VU Endemic

Fairy Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sternula nereis

5–10% · With luck
Roseate Tern
LC

Roseate Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sterna dougallii

5–10% · With luck
Bridled Tern
LC

Bridled Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Onychoprion anaethetus

<5% · Rare
White-winged Tern
LC

White-winged Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlidonias leucopterus

<5% · Rare
Little Tern
LC

Little Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sternula albifrons

<5% · Rare
Common Tern
LC

Common Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sterna hirundo

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
10–20
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
5–10
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Isla del Coco National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
60–70%
2 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
60–70%
3 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
5–10%
4 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
5 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
6 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
7 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
8 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
9 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
10 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
11 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
12 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
13 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
14 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
15 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
16 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
17 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
18 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
19 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
20 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
Insufficient data
21 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
22 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
23 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
24 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
25 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Brown Noddy in Ningaloo Marine Park?

About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Noddy sighting in Ningaloo Marine Park, based on 8 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Brown Noddy in Ningaloo Marine Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Brown Noddy in Ningaloo Marine Park in our monthly data.

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