| Lesser Noddy | |
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| Information | |
| Common Name | Sooty Noddy |
| Range | Comoros, Kenya, Liberia, India, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates. |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Charadriiformes |
| Family | Sternidae |
| Genus | Anous |
| Species | Anous tenuirostris |
| Conservation Status | |
 Least Concern | |
The Lesser noddy (Anous tenuirostris), also known as the sooty noddy, is a species of noddy in the Sternidae family. It is found near the coastlines of Comoros, Kenya, Liberia, India, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates.