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Colony Name
Kolombangara
Atoll
New Georgia Islands
EEZ
Solomon Islands EEZ
Island Name
Kolombangara
Local Island Name
Nduke
Coordinates
8° 16.8' S, 157° 6.717' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Heinroth's Shearwater
Puffinus heinrothi
(Procellariidae)
2017
January
(Unknown)
30-50 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
30-50 birds estimated to be using Blackett Strait (between Kolombangara and Kohinggo Island
Heinroth's Shearwater
Puffinus heinrothi
(Procellariidae)
2015
September
(Unknown)
25 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
25 seen simultaneously in Fergusson Passage (SW of Kolombangara and SE of Ghizo)
Heinroth's Shearwater
Puffinus heinrothi
(Procellariidae)
2013
March
(Unknown)
50-60 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
Flocks of 1-25 birds, c50-60 birds per day in Vella Gulf (between Kolombangara and Vella Lavella)
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
(Laridae)
2010
April
(Unknown)
3 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2010
April
(Unknown)
3 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2010
April
(Unknown)
5 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
2010
April
(Unknown)
50 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Greater crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
(Laridae)
1990
August
(Unknown)
45 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Heinroth's Shearwater
Puffinus heinrothi
(Procellariidae)
1990
July
(Unknown)
5 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
Blackett Straits
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1990
August
(Unknown)
100 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Heinroth's Shearwater
Puffinus heinrothi
(Procellariidae)
1996
(Unknown)
3 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Poor