Blue Noddy

Blaunoddi ( Procelsterna cerulea )

Blaunoddi ( Procelsterna cerulea ) is a species of bird in the tern family ( Sternidae ) within the order of Charadriiformes ( Charadriiformes ).

Occurrence of Blaunoddi found in American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, the Samoa Islands, Tonga ( Niuas ), Tuvalu and Hawaii. A significant breeding colony can be found since the extermination of the entrained in the 20th century cats on Jarvis Island, an external territory of the United States in the central Pacific. Introduced predators are therefore also one of the biggest threats to the holdings of the Blaunoddi. As Irrgast they were observed in Australia and Japan. Their natural habitat is the open shallow sea in tropical and subtropical regions.

To the south of their range, they are detached from the Graunoddi ( Procelsterna albivitta ); The two were previously regarded as a kind, today you tend to treat them as two different.

Subspecies

Procelsterna cerulea has five subspecies:

  • Procelsterna cerulea cerulea
  • Procelsterna cerulea murphyi
  • Procelsterna cerulea nebouxi
  • Procelsterna cerulea saxatilis
  • Procelsterna cerulea teretirostris
Genus Vagrancy (biology)
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