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Colony Name
Bampton Island
Atoll
Chesterfield Islands
EEZ
New Caledonian EEZ
Island Name
Ile Bampton
Coordinates
19° 26.4' S, 158° 52.983' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
450-500 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Greater crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
(Laridae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
2-12 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
410 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
40 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
600 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
800-10400 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
8000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (indirectly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
830 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Fairy Tern
Sternula nereis
(Laridae)
1978
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1932 - 2001
February
(Breeding)
3400 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Herald Petrel
Pterodroma heraldica
(Procellariidae)
1858 - 1860
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Relates to two specimens collected by HMS Herald, before the islands were totally exploited for guano
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
1858 - 1860
(Common)
Confirmed
Poor