Description:-

Length 30-34 cm, wing span around 60cm. Plumage: uniformly dark brown except lighter brown tail; head with whitish forehead merging into blue- or lavender-grey cap and below the eye, not distinct form lores. Bare parts: iris brown; relatively long thin bill black; feet and legs brownish black.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Feeds on small fish and squid. Gregarious and largely sedentary. Rare records from Kerala (Sashikumar et al., 2011).

Habitat:-

Pelagic; common in offshore waters.

Synonyms:-

References:-

Adriaens, P. (2014). Anous tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212630 on 2015-02-12
BirdLife International (2015) Species factsheet: Anous tenuirostris. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 12/02/2015.
del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Sashikumar,C., Praveen, J. Palot, M.J., Nameer, P.O. 2011. Birds of Kerala: status and distribution. DC Books, Kottayam. Pp. 590–593