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Colony Name
Baker Island
Atoll
Baker Island
EEZ
Howland and Baker Island EEZ
Island Name
Baker Island
Coordinates
0° 11.7' N, 176° 28.683' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2002
(Breeding)
714 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2002
(Breeding)
900 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2002
(Breeding)
16200 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
2002
(Breeding)
1600000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Grey-backed Tern
Onychoprion lunatus
(Laridae)
2002
(Breeding)
2000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2002
(Breeding)
3600 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
2002
(Breeding)
72 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
2002
(Breeding)
26 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
2002
(Breeding)
38 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2002
(Breeding)
3134 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
2002
(Breeding)
10 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2002
(Breeding)
1500 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2002
(Breeding)
375 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1973 - 2007
(Breeding)
3600 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1973 - 2007
(Breeding)
38 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1973 - 2007
(Breeding)
900 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Grey-backed Tern
Onychoprion lunatus
(Laridae)
1973 - 2007
(Breeding)
2000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
1973 - 2007
(Breeding)
16200 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
1973 - 2007
(Breeding)
3134 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1973 - 2007
(Breeding)
714 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
1973 - 2007
(Breeding)
72 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1973 - 2007
(Breeding)
1600000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
1973 - 2007
(Breeding)
26 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1973 - 2007
(Breeding)
375 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1965
(Breeding)
3 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Potential Breeding
Medium
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1965
(Breeding)
6000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Grey-backed Tern
Onychoprion lunatus
(Laridae)
1965
(Breeding)
25 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1965
(Breeding)
1000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
1965
(Breeding)
15 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
1965
(Breeding)
400 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1965
(Breeding)
10 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1965
(Breeding)
1 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Potential Breeding
Medium