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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
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
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