brown noddy, common noddy (Anous stolidus) Common Noddy chick on Kure Atoll (c. 1960's) was photographed as part of field work completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program.
Date between circa 1962 and circa 1969
Photographer unknown
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Noddy_-3,_4_days_old,_Kure_Atoll_(undated)._(9392657573).jpg
The brown noddy or common noddy (Anous stolidus) is a seabird in the family Laridae. 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.
