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Colony Name
Late Island
Atoll
Vava'u Group
EEZ
Tongan EEZ
Island Name
Lette
Local Island Name
Bickerton
Coordinates
18° 48.3' S, 174° 38.7' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2003
March
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2003
March
(Breeding)
(Common)
Confirmed
Poor
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1990
March
(Unknown)
(Common)
Probable
Poor
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1990
March
(Breeding)
(Common)
Confirmed
Poor
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1990
March
(Unknown)
(Common)
Probable
Poor
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1990
March
(Breeding)
(Common)
Confirmed
Poor
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
1990
March
(Breeding)
(Common)
Confirmed
Poor
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1990
March
(Unknown)
(Abundant)
Probable
Poor
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1990
March
(Breeding)
(Abundant)
Confirmed
Poor
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
(Procellariidae)
1983 - 2003
March
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1980
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1980
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1990
March
(Breeding)
(Abundant)
Confirmed
Poor