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Colony Name
Orona Island
Atoll
Orona Island
EEZ
Phoenix Group EEZ
Island Name
Hull Island
Local Island Name
Orona Island
Coordinates
4° 30.667' S, 172° 8.4' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
2006
April
(Breeding)
300 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2006
April
(Breeding)
50 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2006
April
(Breeding)
600 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2006
April
(Breeding)
1 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2006
April
(Breeding)
500 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
2006
April
(Breeding)
50 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
2006
April
(Breeding)
600000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2006
April
(Breeding)
10 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2000
January
(Breeding)
100-120 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2000
January
(Unknown)
900-1200 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Data Deficient
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
2000
January
(Unknown)
1200-1500 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Data Deficient
Medium
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2000
January
(Breeding)
300-350 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2000
January
(Unknown)
5 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2000
January
(Breeding)
6 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2000
January
(Unknown)
300-400 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Data Deficient
Medium
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
2000
January
(Breeding)
100000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
2000
January
(Breeding)
2 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1984 - 2000
January
(Unknown)
1000-1500 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Data Deficient
Medium
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1984 - 2006
April
(Breeding)
2000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1974
3000000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1983
1000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1983
20000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1983
200 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1973
10000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1983
1000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor