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Black NoddyAlternate name(s): "White-capped Noddy", "Titerack" Size: 33-36 cm; wing span ca. 65 cm Weight: 90-105 g |
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See Black
Noddy at Wikipedia |
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Photos |
Race "minutus"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Frontal view of a Black Noddy (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lady Musgrave Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, September 2017]
Near-frontal view of a Black Noddy (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lady Musgrave Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, September 2017]
Near-lateral view of a Black Noddy (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lady Musgrave Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, September 2017]
Near-lateral view of a Black Noddy (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lady Musgrave Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, September 2017]
Near-lateral view of a Black Noddy (photo courtesy of H. Mouritsen)
[One Tree Island, Capricornia Cays NP, QLD, January 2011]
Close-up lateral view of a Black Noddy (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]
Near-dorsal view of a Black Noddy (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lady Musgrave Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, September 2017]
Group of Black Noddies on a beach (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]
Group of Black Noddies on sandy soil (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lady Musgrave Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, September 2017]
Mob of Black Noddies trailing a fishing boat
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Hervey Bay, QLD, April 2019]
Lateral view of a Black Noddy in flight
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[North Beach, Lord Howe Island, November 2014]
Lateral view of a Black Noddy coming in to land on a sandy
beach
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[North Beach, Lord Howe Island, November 2014]
View from above onto a Black Noddy in flight
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[North Beach, Lord Howe Island, November 2014]
Direct comparison of Black Noddies, lower left, and Common Noddies, upper right
(photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]
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Breeding information |
Breeding season: Sep - Jan | Eggs: 1 | Incubation period: ca. 30? days | Fledging age: ? |
The breeding seasons of Black Noddies can vary and the range given above in the table is only an indication of the core period.
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Nest |
"bungobittah", "lar", "malunna", "jindi" [bundjalung] = nest [Aboriginal] |
Type: Basket | Material: Seeweed, other plants | Height above ground: 1? - 10? m |
Black Noddies nest in colonies.
Black Noddy nest (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lady Musgrave Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, September 2017]
Frontal view of a Black Noddy perched near its nest
(photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]
Near-frontal view of a Black Noddy on what looks like a nest
in the making (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lady Musgrave Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, September 2017]
Black Noddy on its nest (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]
Oi mate! That is close enough...! (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]
Pair of Black Noddies at their nest (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Lady Musgrave Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, September 2017]
Pair of Black Noddies at their nest (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]
Example of a Black Noddy breeding colony (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]
(Presumably) the highest-ranking pair of Black Noddies gets
to nest at the top of the shrub (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Lady Elliot Island, near Agnes Water, QLD, January 2016]
Small Black Noddy nesting colony in a Norfolk Island Pine tree
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[North Beach, Lord Howe Island, November 2014]
Black Noddy carrying nesting material (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[North Beach, Lord Howe Island, November 2014]
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Eggs |
"boyanga", "booyanga", "derinya", "dirandil", "koomura", "mirk", "ngampu", "nooluk", "pateena", "pum-pum" = Egg; "dirundirri" = eggs [Aboriginal]; "gawu" = eggs [gamilaraay] |
Size: 45 x 31 mm | Colour: Creamy, with grey to black and brown speckles | Shape: Tapered oval |