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Colony Name
Hiva Oa
Atoll
Hiva Oa
EEZ
French Polynesian EEZ
Island Name
Hiwaoa
Local Island Name
Hiva Oa
Coordinates
9° 42.717' S, 139° 2.817' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
1973
December
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1973
December
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Little White Tern
Gygis microrhyncha
(Laridae)
1973
December
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1973
December
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1971
November
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1971
November
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
archeological evidence
Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bulwerii
(Procellariidae)
1922
November
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Little White Tern
Gygis microrhyncha
(Laridae)
1922
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1922
November
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1922
November
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)