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Colony Name
Tubuai
Atoll
Tubuai
EEZ
French Polynesian EEZ
Coordinates
23° 22.317' S, 149° 28.867' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1980
February
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1980
February
(Unknown)
400 Individuals
(Present)
Unknown
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1980
February
(Unknown)
(Present)
Potential Breeding
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
1980
February
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1980
February
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1980
February
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
(Present)
Present
Poor
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
on Tonarutu cliffs (mainland)
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
20-50 Pairs
(Common)
Confirmed
Poor
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
(Present)
Present
Poor