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Where does the Lesser Noddy live?

Anous tenuirostris has 5,558 records in 36 countries and territories, from 1839 to 2026. Most records come from Seychelles.

Lesser Noddy
Lesser Noddy — Photo: B.navez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesLaridaeAnous

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Seychelles 1,423
India 1,001
Mauritius 1,000
Australia 960
British Indian Ocean Territory 217
Maldives 193
United Arab Emirates 132
Kenya 131
South Africa 115
Sri Lanka 101
Réunion 101
Tanzania 32
Oman 24
Madagascar 22
Bangladesh 15
Cocos Islands 13
Marshall Islands 12
United States Minor Outlying Islands 8
Mayotte 8
Mozambique 6
Samoa 6
Pakistan 5
Christmas Island 3
Micronesia 3
New Caledonia 3
Norfolk Island 3
French Southern Territories 3
United States 3
Wallis & Futuna 3
Philippines 2
Somalia 2
ZZ 2
United Kingdom 1
Kiribati 1
French Polynesia 1
Papua New Guinea 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.