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Colony Name
Tench Island
Atoll
St Mattias Islands
EEZ
Papua New Guinean EEZ
Coordinates
1° 38.933' S, 150° 40.383' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
2000
June
(Unknown)
1 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
2000
June
(Unknown)
6000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
reported to breed all year
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
(Laridae)
2000
June
(Unknown)
2 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2000
June
(Unknown)
2 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2000
June
(Unknown)
4000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
2000
June
(Breeding)
60 Nests
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2000
June
(Unknown)
70 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
Dutson recorded seeing nestlings here of both frigate species but did not confirm nesting.
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2000
June
(Unknown)
70 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2000
June
(Unknown)
5 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2000
June
(Unknown)
300 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1997
July
(Breeding)
600 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1973
June
(Breeding)
20000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
reported to breed all year
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
(Laridae)
1973
(Present)
Data Deficient
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1973
June
(Breeding)
80000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium