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Colony Name
Motu Teiku
Atoll
Motu Teiku
EEZ
French Polynesian EEZ
Island Name
Ile Motou Teiko
Local Island Name
Ile Motou Teiko
Coordinates
23° 12.667' S, 134° 58.5' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Polynesian Storm-petrel
Nesofregetta fuliginosa
(Oceanitidae)
1996
(Breeding)
100-200 Pairs
Confirmed
Good
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
(Procellariidae)
1996
July, August
(Breeding)
300 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Polynesian Storm-petrel
Nesofregetta fuliginosa
(Oceanitidae)
1996
July, August
(Breeding)
100-200 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
(Procellariidae)
1995
December
(Breeding)
300 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1995
December
(Breeding)
100 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Christmas Shearwater
Puffinus nativitatis
(Procellariidae)
1995
December
(Breeding)
100 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1992 - 1996
July, August
(Breeding)
10 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
(Procellariidae)
1974
(Unknown)
Confirmed
Poor
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
1974
(Unknown)
Data Deficient
Poor
Polynesian Storm-petrel
Nesofregetta fuliginosa
(Oceanitidae)
1974
(Unknown)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)