Procelsterna

Taxobox
name = " Procelsterna "

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Blue Noddy
regnum = Animalia
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 birds in the tern 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 Noddy

These are grey-plumaged terns of tropical oceans, which nest colonially. They feed on small fish 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