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Colony Name
Olosega Island
Atoll
Olosega Island
EEZ
American Samoa EEZ
Island Name
Nuusilaelae Island
Local Island Name
Olosega Island
Coordinates
14° 10.383' S, 169° 36.967' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
(Procellariidae)
1999
(Unknown)
Absent
Poor
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1986
June
(Non-breeding)
660 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
(Procellariidae)
1986
June
(Present)
Potential Breeding
Poor
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1986
June
(Non-breeding)
89 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
1976
(Breeding)
10 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1976
(Non-breeding)
50 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Non-Breeding
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1976
(Breeding)
250 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1976
(Breeding)
75 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1976
(Non-breeding)
2 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Non-Breeding
Medium
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
1976
(Non-breeding)
1 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Non-Breeding
Medium
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1976
(Non-breeding)
10 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Non-Breeding
Medium
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1976
(Breeding)
500 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1976
(Unknown)
6 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Potential Breeding
Medium