Blue noddy
Anous ceruleus (F. D. Bennett, 1840)
The blue noddy (Anous ceruleus) is a species in the family Laridae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 53 g and live up to 14 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the blue noddy
- Weight
- 53 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 14 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 15 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- marinesrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the blue noddy live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The blue noddy is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the blue noddy endangered?
The blue noddy is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the blue noddy classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCharadriiformes
- familyLaridae
- genusAnous
- SpeciesAnous ceruleus (F. D. Bennett, 1840)
Synonyms Procelsterna caerulea, Procelsterna cerulea
Other names and names in other languages (40)
- Blue ternletEnglish
- Blue-gray noddyEnglish
- Blue-gray ternletEnglish
- Blue-grey noddyEnglish
- Blue-grey ternletEnglish
- أبله أزرقArabic
- خرشنة زرقاءArabic
- nodi blauCatalan
- nody šedýCzech
- Grå NoddyDanish
- BlaunoddiGerman
- blua ŝternoEsperanto
- Tiñosa azuladaSpanish
- kaljutiirEstonian
- tuhkatiiraFinnish
- Noddi bleuFrench
- HinaokūHawaiian
- ManuohinaHawaiian
- sinja čigraCroatian
- ezüstnoddiHungarian
- Noddy azzurroItalian
- Sterna stolida blu-grigiaItalian
- ハイイロアジサシJapanese
- melsvoji kvaišaLithuanian
- pelēkais zīriņšLatvian
- Blauwe NoddyDutch
- blånoddyNorwegian
- rybołówka polinezyjskaPolish
- nodi-azulPortuguese
- grazina-cerúleaPortuguese
- tinhosa-azuladaPortuguese
- Серая глупая крачкаRussian
- Сизая кланяющаяся крачкаRussian
- nody modrýSlovak
- Plavosivi nodiSerbian
- Ngongo pulupulūTongan
- Gökçe NodiTurkish
- крячок сірийUkrainian
- 蓝灰燕鸥Chinese
- 藍灰燕鷗Chinese
Relatives of the blue noddy
Other species in the same genus Anous.
Brown noddy
Anous stolidus
Black noddy
Anous minutus
Lesser noddy
Anous tenuirostris
Grey noddy
Anous albivitta
CompareBlue noddy vs Brown noddyBlue noddy vs Black noddyBlue noddy vs Lesser noddyBlue noddy vs Grey noddy
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the blue noddy?
An adult blue noddy weighs 53 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the blue noddy live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the blue noddy for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the blue noddy endangered?
The blue noddy is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
How long does the blue noddy live?
The blue noddy has a recorded lifespan of 14 years.
What kind of animal is the blue noddy?
The blue noddy (Anous ceruleus) belongs to the family Laridae in the order Charadriiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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