Grey noddy
Anous albivitta (Bonaparte, 1856)
Status not recordedbirds
The grey noddy (Anous albivitta) is a species in the family Laridae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 72.2 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.
Quick facts about the grey noddy
- Weight
- 72.2 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Wingspan
- 46 cm – 60 cmsrc for Wingspan
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- marinesrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the grey noddy?
Where does the grey 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 grey 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.
What is the grey noddy?
The grey noddy or grey ternlet (Anous albivitta) is a seabird belonging to the family Laridae. It was once regarded as a pale morph of the blue noddy (Anous ceruleus) but is now usually considered to be a separate species.
From the Wikipedia article “Grey noddy” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grey_noddy&oldid=1380009089), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the grey noddy endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the grey noddy classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCharadriiformes
- familyLaridae
- genusAnous
- SpeciesAnous albivitta (Bonaparte, 1856)
Synonyms Anous albivittus, Procelsterna cerulea albivitta
Other names and names in other languages (37)
- Gray noddyEnglish
- Grey ternletEnglish
- أبله رماديArabic
- خرشنة رماديةArabic
- nodi argentatCatalan
- nody bělavýCzech
- PerlenoddyDanish
- GraunoddiGerman
- griza ŝternoEsperanto
- Tiñosa grisSpanish
- Gaviotín de San AmbrosioSpanish
- lõuna-kaljutiirEstonian
- چلچله دریایی خاکستریPersian
- vaaleatuhkatiiraFinnish
- Noddi grisFrench
- bjeloglava čigraCroatian
- Noddy grigioItalian
- Sterna stolida grigiaItalian
- ハイイロアジサシJapanese
- pilkoji kvaišaLithuanian
- Tsétah tónteel tsídii łibáhígííNavajo
- Grijze NoddyDutch
- grånoddyNorwegian
- rybołówka szaraPolish
- nodi-cinzentoPortuguese
- grazina-cinzentaPortuguese
- tinhosa-cinzentaPortuguese
- Серая крачкаRussian
- Серая кланяющаяся крачкаRussian
- nody sivýSlovak
- Sivi nodiSerbian
- blek noddySwedish
- Ngongo lavilaviTongan
- Gri NodiTurkish
- крячок сірокрилийUkrainian
- 灰燕鷗Chinese
- 灰燕鸥Chinese
Relatives of the grey noddy
Other species in the same genus Anous.
Brown noddy
Anous stolidus
Black noddy
Anous minutus
Lesser noddy
Anous tenuirostris
Blue noddy
Anous ceruleus
CompareGrey noddy vs Brown noddyGrey noddy vs Black noddyGrey noddy vs Lesser noddyGrey noddy vs Blue noddy
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the grey noddy?
An adult grey noddy weighs 72.2 g and has a wingspan of 46 cm – 60 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the grey noddy live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the grey noddy for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the grey noddy?
The grey noddy (Anous albivitta) 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.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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