Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyLaridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
- GenusAnous (Noddies)
- SpeciesAnous stolidus (Brown Noddy)
Closest Relatives at Isla del Coco National Park
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
White Tern
Gygis alba
Larus pipixcan
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Wandering Tattler
Tringa incana
Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Noddy in Isla del Coco National Park?
About 67% of visitor-days record a Brown Noddy sighting in Isla del Coco National Park, based on 105 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Noddy in Isla del Coco National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Brown Noddy in Isla del Coco National Park in our monthly data.