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Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

A summer resident that nests in Florida. Found in 1 of 67 counties, across 3 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
1 of 67 counties
Habitats
3

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
1 of 67 counties
Habitats
3
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Florida 3

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 3

Coastal dunes and beaches

White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola
SummerUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); South Florida Shell Hash BeachGeorge Catlin, White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola (1834-35): high white dunes with scattered clumps of dune plants above the Gulf. Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola, FloridaWhite Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola, George Catlin (1796-1872), 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Fort George Island, Florida
SummerOpen Water (Brackish/Salt)Thomas Moran, Fort George Island (1878): a tidal shore of wet sand and shallow water at the river mouth, with cabbage palms and a beached ship. Fort George Island, Florida (Thomas Moran, 1878; Smithsonian American Art Museum)Fort George Island, Florida, Thomas Moran, 1878. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer
Other habitats in its models (2)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida. Those recorded in Florida first, the rest by region.

Land cover and other classes (2)
  • Unconsolidated Shore Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Florida

  • Summer: nests here, in 1 of 67 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Florida, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Coastal dunes and beaches

Birds 127

Plants 187

All of coastal dunes and beaches in Florida

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 149

Plants 58

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Florida

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Birds 75

Plants 10

All of sounds, bays and tidal flats in Florida

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources