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Colony Name
Nam
Atoll
Bikini Atoll
EEZ
Marshall Islands EEZ
Island Name
Namu
Coordinates
11° 42.117' N, 165° 17.517' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1986
May
(Breeding)
5 Chicks
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Breeding)
500 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Buller's Shearwater
Ardenna bulleri
(Procellariidae)
1986
May
(Non-breeding)
6 Individuals
Observed
Non-Breeding
Good
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Breeding)
350 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Greater crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Unknown)
20 Individuals
Observed
Potential Breeding
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
no definite signs of nesting'
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1986
May
(Unknown)
24-25 Individuals
Observed
Potential Breeding
Good
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
1986
May
(Unknown)
1-2 Mature individuals
Probable
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
nesting…likely'
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Unknown)
5 Individuals
Observed
Non-Breeding
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
no signs of nesting'
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Breeding)
10 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1986
May
(Breeding)
10-20 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Breeding)
25 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Breeding)
50 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
additional to the breeding pairs