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Colony Name
Matthew Island
Atoll
Matthew Island
EEZ
New Caledonian EEZ
Island Name
Hunter Island
Local Island Name
Ile Hunter
Coordinates
22° 20.583' S, 171° 21.367' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Black-winged Petrel
Pterodroma nigripennis
(Procellariidae)
2009
January
(Breeding)
Nests
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2009
January
(Breeding)
20 Chicks
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2009
January
(Breeding)
100 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Grey Noddy
Anous albivittus
(Laridae)
2009
January
(Unknown)
14 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Good
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2009
January
(Breeding)
8 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
2009
January
(Breeding)
200-500 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2009
April
(Unknown)
16 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2009
April
(Unknown)
10 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Grey Noddy
Anous albivittus
(Laridae)
2009
April
(Breeding)
14 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2009
April
(Unknown)
24 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2009
April
(Unknown)
6 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
2009
April
(Breeding)
1000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
2009
April
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Medium
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
(Procellariidae)
2007
(Present)
Potential Breeding
Poor
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2007
100-300 Breeding pairs
Confirmed
Medium
White-winged Petrel
Pterodroma leucoptera
(Procellariidae)
2007
(Present)
Probable
Poor
Grey Noddy
Anous albivittus
(Laridae)
2007
100-270 Breeding pairs
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
851 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
1269 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Grey Noddy
Anous albivittus
(Laridae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
260 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
23 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
8392 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good