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Fifty-seven Terns and Noddies are found throughout the world.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert

The Bridled Tern is common on some of the islands of the West Indies and the Bahamas, nesting in company with the Sooty Terns and Noddies.

From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)

It was noted that, whenever the Noddies were disturbed, and rose, protesting loudly, the Gulls immediately gathered and hovered over the trees containing Noddies' nests.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert

Noddies are seen in most places between the tropics, as well in the East Indies, and on the coast of Brazil, as in the West Indies.

From A Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William

The graceful White-capped Noddies already mentioned nested high and low on the trees and shrubs.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert