Species Anous tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sterna tenuirostris Temminck, C.J. & Laugier de Chartrouse, M. 1823. Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon. Livr. 34. Paris : G. Levrault 102 livr. in 5 vols pp. [pl. 202].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RMNH 87575 Adult unsexed (The type locality is in error), 'Mer de Australie'.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Réunion
• Seychelles

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NW oceanic, W oceanic
  • Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Oriental Region

• Maldives

Ecological Descriptors

Coral cay, mangrove, offshore waters, pelagic.

 

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Lesser Noddy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)