Big Ears (character) father-figure. He is described as having a white beard, red cap, blue jacket, red-and-white striped jumper and yellow-and-green trousers. His catchphrase is "You funny little Noddy!" Big Ears' character is somewhat grumpy, yet kind and compassionate. He shows great benevolence to Noddy, acting as a mentor, helping him to understand the world, and on several occasions fiercely fighting for Noddy's rights when injustice is perpetrated against him by other Toyland inhabitants. Big Ears (character) Big Ears is a fictional character from Noddy series books by Enid Blyton. In "Noddy Goes to Toyland" he introduces himself as a gnome "or a
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