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Colony Name
Aerokoj
Atoll
Bikini Atoll
EEZ
Marshall Islands EEZ
Island Name
Airukiraru
Local Island Name
Airukiji Island
Coordinates
11° 30.533' N, 165° 24.533' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Greater crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Unknown)
10 Individuals
Observed
Non-Breeding
Good
Short-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna tenuirostris
(Procellariidae)
1986
May
(Non-breeding)
1 Individuals
Observed
Non-Breeding
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
oceanside of Aerokoj'
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Breeding)
1 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1986
May
(Unknown)
25 Mature individuals
Observed
Non-Breeding
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Breeding)
5 Nests
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Breeding)
50-100 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Buller's Shearwater
Ardenna bulleri
(Procellariidae)
1986
May
(Non-breeding)
1 Individuals
Observed
Non-Breeding
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
in the pass east of Aerokoj'
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Breeding)
100 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium