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Colony Name
Fonualei Island
Atoll
Vava'u Group
EEZ
Tongan EEZ
Island Name
Gardner's Island
Local Island Name
Fanua Lai
Coordinates
18° 1.383' S, 174° 19.017' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Herald Petrel
Pterodroma heraldica
(Procellariidae)
2003
March
(Unknown)
4-6 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Good
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2003
March
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
2003
March
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1980
January
(Breeding)
100000 Individuals
Suspected
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Record from A. John Halunen
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1979
March
(Unknown)
50 Individuals
Observed
Probable
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
50000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1926
July, August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Records from the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1925
August
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Medium