Colony

Ilots de lagoon sud

Ile Ua
Colony Name
Ilot Uaterombi
Atoll
Ilots de lagoon sud
EEZ
New Caledonian EEZ
Island Name
Ile Ua
Local Island Name
Ile Ua
Coordinates
22° 46.733' S, 166° 55.433' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
(Laridae)
1996
January
(Breeding)
500-1000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Pandolfi Benoit & Bretagnolle (2002)
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
Total for all islands in South Lagoon
Silver Gull
Larus novaehollandiae
(Laridae)
1996
January
(Breeding)
1000-1500 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Pandolfi Benoit & Bretagnolle (2002)
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
Total for all islands in South Lagoon
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
1996
January
(Breeding)
500000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Pandolfi Benoit & Bretagnolle (2002)
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
Total for all islands in South Lagoon, used transects to measure burrow density and infer population from this, they did test occupancy rate which was over 90%, so took number of burrows to estimate number of pairs.