THE BLACK NODDY ANOUS TENUIROSTRIS ON ASCENSION ISLAND PART 1. GENERAL BIOLOGY

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Author: Ashmole, N. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1962
• Subjects: Bird Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1962.tb07246.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1962.tb07246.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1962.tb07246.x

SUMMARY Several colonies of Black Noddies Anous tenuirostris on Boatswain Bird Island, off Ascension, were studied for almost a year, including the whole of one breeding period and the start of another. Between the breeding periods the noddies roosted on their ledges in the breeding colonies, so obs...