Colony Location: Ata | Pacific Environment Data Portal

Colony Name

Ata

Atoll

Tongatapu Group

EEZ

Tongan EEZ

Island Name

Pijlstaart

Local Island Name

Pylstaert

Coordinates

22° 20.033' S, 176° 13.083' W

Species	Period	Count	Derivation	Breeding Status	Data Source	Data Quality
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster (Sulidae)	1990 April (Unknown)	(Frequent)		Probable	Rinke (1991)	Poor
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus (Laridae)	1990 April (Breeding)	10000 Individuals	Estimated (directly)	Confirmed	Rinke (1991)	Good
Common White Tern Gygis alba (Laridae)	1990 April (Unknown)	(Common)		Confirmed	Rinke (1991)	Poor
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor (Fregatidae)	1990 April (Breeding)	(Common)		Confirmed	Rinke (1991)	Poor
Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica (Procellariidae)	1990 April (Breeding)	1 Chicks	Observed	Confirmed	Rinke (1991)	Good
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel (Fregatidae)	1990 April (Unknown)	(Common)		Data Deficient	Rinke (1991)	Poor
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra (Sulidae)	1990 April (Breeding)	1000 Individuals	Estimated (directly)	Confirmed	Rinke (1991)	Medium
Red-footed Booby Sula sula (Sulidae)	1990 April (Non-breeding)	10000 Individuals	Estimated (directly)	Confirmed	Rinke (1991)	Good
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda (Phaethontidae)	1990 April (Breeding)	(Present)		Confirmed	Rinke (1991)	Poor
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica (Procellariidae)	1990 April (Breeding)	20000-50000 Individuals	Estimated (indirectly)	Confirmed	Rinke (1991)	Good
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus (Phaethontidae)	1990 April (Unknown)	(Present)		Data Deficient	Rinke (1991)	Poor
Blue Noddy Anous ceruleus (Laridae)	1990 April (Unknown)	(Present)		Potential Breeding	Rinke (1991)	Poor
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster (Sulidae)	1979			Data Deficient	Jenkins (1980)	Poor
Red-footed Booby Sula sula (Sulidae)	1979	(Present)		Data Deficient	Jenkins (1980)	Poor
toggle-details Brown Booby Sula leucogaster (Sulidae)	1926 July, August (Breeding)	(Present)		Confirmed	Jenkins (1982)	Poor
Survey Breeding Notes Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
toggle-details Masked Booby Sula dactylatra (Sulidae)	1926 July, August (Breeding)	(Present)		Confirmed	Jenkins (1982)	Poor
Survey Breeding Notes Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
toggle-details Red-footed Booby Sula sula (Sulidae)	1926 July, August (Breeding)	(Present)		Confirmed	Jenkins (1982)	Poor
Survey Breeding Notes Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
toggle-details Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda (Phaethontidae)	1926 July, August (Breeding)	(Present)		Confirmed	Jenkins (1982)	Poor
Survey Breeding Notes Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
toggle-details White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus (Phaethontidae)	1926 July, August (Breeding)	(Present)		Confirmed	Jenkins (1982)	Poor
Survey Breeding Notes Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
toggle-details Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni (Procellariidae)	1979	(Present)		Potential Breeding	Jenkins (1980)	Poor
Survey Breeding Notes Due to multiple sightings close to the island in all months of the year there is the potential that this shearwater breeds on 'Ata
Black Noddy Anous minutus (Laridae)	1990 April (Breeding)	10000 Individuals	Estimated (directly)	Confirmed	Rinke (1991)	Good