Noddy (character) Noddy (character) Noddy is a fictional character created by English children's author Enid Blyton, originally published between 1949 and 1963. Noddy was illustrated by the Dutch artist Eelco Martinus ten Harmsen van der Beek from 1949 until his death in 1953, after which the work was continued by Peter Wienk. Television shows based on the character have run on British television since 1955 and continue to appear to this day. The first book explains Noddy's origins. He was made by a woodcarver in a toy store but ran away after the man began to make a wooden lion, which scared
Grey noddy Grey noddy The grey noddy or grey ternlet ("Anous albivitta") is a seabird belonging to the family Laridae. It was once regarded as a pale morph of the blue noddy ("Anous cerulea") but is now usually considered to be a separate species. The first formal description of the grey noddy was by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1856 under the binomial name "Procelsterna albivitta". The specific name "albivitta" is from the Latin "abus" for "white" and "vitta" for "band" or "head-band". The grey noddy was formerly placed in the genus "Procelsterna". A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2016