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Colony Name
Reao Atoll
Atoll
Reao Atoll
EEZ
French Polynesian EEZ
Coordinates
18° 34.5' S, 136° 19.317' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1987
June
(Breeding)
50-100 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
(Procellariidae)
1975
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1975
September
(Breeding)
Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1975
September
(Breeding)
300 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1975
September
(Breeding)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1975
September
(Breeding)
100-200 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
1975
September
(Breeding)
Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Grey-backed Tern
Onychoprion lunatus
(Laridae)
1922
September, October
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
1922
September, October
(Breeding)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)