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Anous is 'n genus van voëls in die familie van meeue (Laridae). Die genus omvat drie spesies.[1]
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Grootbruinsterretjie en 'n Anous minutus | |
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Genus: | Anous Stephens, 1826 |
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A. stolidus |
Die wetenskaplike naam Anous is Grieks vir "nie-oplettend" (Harrison, 1990). Die voëls is dikwels onbehoedsaam en vind veiligheid in enorme getalle. Hulle is by matrose bekend vir hul oënskynlike onverskilligheid teenoor jagters en roofdiere.
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