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Colony Name
Isle Renard
Atoll
Chesterfield Islands
EEZ
New Caledonian EEZ
Island Name
Ile Renard
Coordinates
19° 26.4' S, 158° 52.983' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2012
(Breeding)
1600 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2007
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Total for Chesterfield Islands Important Bird Area
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2007
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Total for Chesterfield Islands Important Bird Area
Greater crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
(Laridae)
2007
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Total for Chesterfield Islands Important Bird Area
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2007
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Total for Chesterfield Islands Important Bird Area
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2007
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Total for Chesterfield Islands Important Bird Area
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
2007
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Total for Chesterfield Islands Important Bird Area
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
2007
20000 Breeding pairs
Confirmed
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
Total for Chesterfield Islands Important Bird Area
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
570 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
140-250 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
4200 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
35000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (indirectly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
1150 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
200 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2001
February
(Breeding)
230 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1993 - 2007
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Total for Chesterfield Islands Important Bird Area
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1932 - 2001
February
(Breeding)
5000-20000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good