Genus Anous Stephens, 1826

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anous Stephens, J.F. 1826. In, General Zoology or Systematic Natural History, commenced by the late George Shaw, M.D.F.R.S. & C. Aves. London : J. & A. Arch etc. Vol. XIII Pt II 290 pp. pls 31-63. [published Feb. 1826, publication dated 1825, 1826] [139] [published 18 February 1826].

  Type species:

   Sterna stolida Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Gray, G.R. 1840. A List of the Genera of Birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J.E. Taylor viii 80 pp. [Date published Apr 1840: published before Apr.] [79].
• Megalopterus Boie, J.F. 1826. Generalüebersicht der ornithologischen Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen. Isis von Oken, Jena 19(10): 969-982 [Date published Oct 1826] [980] [published October 1826].

  Type species:

   Sterna tenuirostris Temminck, 1823 by monotypy.
• Stolida Lesson, R.P. 1831. Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux. livr. 8. Paris : F.G. Levrault Vol. I xxxii + 659 pp. [620].

  Type species:

   Sterna stolida Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
• Gavia Swainson, W. 1837. On the Natural History and Classification of Birds. In, Lardner, D. (ed.). The Cabinet Cyclopaedia. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman and John Taylor Vol. 2(92) vi 398 pp. [publication dated 1836-1837 Kluge, A.G. 1971. John Edward Gray and "The Zoological Miscellany". In Gray, J.E. (1831–1844). The Zoological Miscellany. [reprint]. U.S.A. Misc. Publ. of Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.] [373] [junior homonym of Gavia J.R. Forster, 1788 (Gaviidae), and unavailable].

  Type species:

   Sterna stolida Linnaeus, 1758 (=Gavia leucoceps Swainson, 1837) by monotypy.
• Aganophron Gloger, C.W.L. 1842. Gemeinnütziges Hand-und Hilfsbuch der Naturgeschichte. Für gebildete Leser aller Stände, besonders für die reifere Jugend und ihre Lehrer. Breslau : A. Schulz & Co. Vol. 1 xxxxiv 495 pp. [publication dated 1842] [463].

  Type species:

   Sterna stolida Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
• Noddi Cuvier, G.L. 1816. Le Régne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. L'Introduction, les Mammiéres et les Oiseaux. Paris : Déterville Vol. 1 xxxvii 540 pp. [nomen nudum; not made available by introduction in synonymy of this nominal genus: ICdZN. Art. 11.5,6].
• Noddi Berthold, A.A. 1827. Latreille's Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs. Aus dem Franzosischen, mit Anmerkungen und Zusützen. Weimar : Verlage Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs Vol. x xiii, 606 pp.
• Nodinus Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organises. Palermo (Italy) : Privately Published 224 pp. [Date published April to July] [72] [nomen nudum; not made available by introduction in synonymy of this nominal genus: ICdZN Art. 11.5,6].
• Anousella Mathews, G.M. 1912. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 2 pt 4 pp. 357-476 pls 108-120. [Date published 1 Nov. 1912] [412].

  Type species:

   Anous leucocapilla Gould, 1845 by original designation.
• Micranous Saunders, H. 1895. [Title unknown]. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 4: xix [19].

  Type species:

   Sterna tenuirostris Temminck, 1823 by monotypy.
• Aganophoron Giebel, C.G. 1877. Thesaurus ornithologiae. Repertorium der gesammten ornithologischen Literatur und Nomenclatur Sämmtlicher Gattungen und Arten der Vögel nebst Synonymen und geographischer Verbreitung. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus Dritter Bd vi 861 pp. [presumed incorrect subsequent spelling of Aganophron Gloger, 1842, and unavailable].
• Procelsterna Lafresnaye, F Baron 1842. Magasin de Zoologie. Series 2, année 4. Oiseaux. [pl. 29].

  Type species:

   Sterna tereticollis Lafresnaye, 1842 by original designation.
• Procellisterna Sclater & Evans, 1903.
• Procellosterna Gould, John 1846. On the genus Anous, Leach (Megalopterus, Boie). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1846(13): 103-104 [Date published Feb 1846] [104] [icorrect subsequent spelling of Procelsterna Lafresnaye, 1842, and unavailable].

 

Introduction

In a molecular study of the genus Procelsterna Cibois et al. (2016) presented evidence for placing Procelsterna in the synonymy of Anous. We follow these authors and Birdlife Australia in placing all Noddy species into the genus Anous.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Eritrea
• Madagascar
• Réunion
• Seychelles

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, NW oceanic, SE oceanic, W oceanic
  • Coral Sea Islands Territory
  • Lord Howe Island
  • Norfolk Island
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef
  • Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Hawaii
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
• Marcus Island
• New Zealand
  • Kermadec Islands
• Papua New Guinea
• Wake Island

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

• Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Aust. Terr.)
• Laccadive (= Cannanore) Islands
• Maldives

General References

Birdlife Australia Oct 2016. Revised Names Schedule - October 2016. Birdlife Australia: http://birdlife.org.au/. https://birdlife.org.au/documents/BWL-English_name_changes-v2.1.pdf

Cibois, A., Thibault, J-C, Rocamora, G. & Pasquet, E. 2016. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Blue and Grey Noddies (Procelsterna). Ibis 158: 433-438

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	12-Mar-2020	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)