- Procelsterna
Taxobox
name = " Procelsterna "
image_width = 250px
image_caption = Blue Noddy
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Charadriiformes
familia = Sternidae
genus = " Procelsterna "
genus_authority = Lafresnaye, 1842
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = "P. cerulea"
"P. albivitta"" Procelsterna " is a genus of
bird s in thetern family. It consists of two species, which are sometimes considered to be conspecific.
*Blue Noddy , "Procelsterna cerulea"
*Grey Noddy , "Procelsterna albivitta"Lesser Noddy is sometimes consider to be a subspecies of Black NoddyThese are grey-plumaged terns of
tropical oceans, which nest colonially. They feed on smallfish picked from the surface.References
* Peter Harrison, " Seabirds, an Identification Guide" (1983) ISBN 0-7470-1410-8
*Olsen and Larsson, "Terns of Europe and North America" ISBN 0-7136-4056-1
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