Colony

Ha'apai Group

Colony Name
Hunga Hai'apai
Atoll
Ha'apai Group
EEZ
Tongan EEZ
Coordinates
20° 32.883' S, 175° 24.233' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Black-winged Petrel
Pterodroma nigripennis
(Procellariidae)
1991
June
(Unknown)
(Present)
Potential Breeding
Rinke et al (1992)
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Probable black-winged Petrel burrows found, two flying adults seens
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Jenkins (1982)
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Jenkins (1982)
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Jenkins (1982)
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Herald Petrel
Pterodroma heraldica
(Procellariidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Jenkins (1982)
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Jenkins (1982)
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1925
July
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Jenkins (1980)
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1980
(Present)
Probable
Jenkins (1980)
Poor
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1980
(Present)
Confirmed
Jenkins (1980)
Poor