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Colony Name
Ata
Atoll
Tongatapu Group
EEZ
Tongan EEZ
Island Name
Pijlstaart
Local Island Name
Pylstaert
Coordinates
22° 20.033' S, 176° 13.083' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1990
April
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
1990
April
(Unknown)
(Present)
Potential Breeding
Poor
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1990
April
(Unknown)
(Frequent)
Probable
Poor
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1990
April
(Breeding)
10000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1990
April
(Unknown)
(Common)
Confirmed
Poor
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1990
April
(Breeding)
(Common)
Confirmed
Poor
Herald Petrel
Pterodroma heraldica
(Procellariidae)
1990
April
(Breeding)
1 Chicks
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
1990
April
(Unknown)
(Common)
Data Deficient
Poor
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
1990
April
(Breeding)
1000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1990
April
(Non-breeding)
10000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
1990
April
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
1990
April
(Breeding)
20000-50000 Individuals
Estimated (indirectly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1979
Data Deficient
Poor
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1979
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1990
April
(Breeding)
10000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
(Procellariidae)
1979
(Present)
Potential Breeding
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Due to multiple sightings close to the island in all months of the year there is the potential that this shearwater breeds on 'Ata