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Colony Name
Caye de l'Observatoire
Atoll
Chesterfield Islands
EEZ
New Caledonian EEZ
Island Name
Bennett Island
Local Island Name
Ilot du Passage
Coordinates
19° 26.4' S, 158° 52.983' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Fairy Tern
Sternula nereis
(Laridae)
2011
(Breeding)
14 Breeding pairs
Unknown
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2009
February
(Breeding)
1 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2009
February
(Breeding)
13000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Greater crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
(Laridae)
2009
February
(Breeding)
4 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2009
February
(Breeding)
400 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2009
February
(Breeding)
12-64 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2009
February
(Breeding)
360 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
2009
February
(Breeding)
5000-10000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
2009
February
(Breeding)
14000-25000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (indirectly)
Confirmed
Good
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
(Laridae)
2009
February
(Breeding)
6-15 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
2009
February
(Breeding)
2400 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good