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Colony Name
Tefela
Atoll
Funafuti Atoll
EEZ
Tuvaluan EEZ
Island Name
Tefala
Coordinates
8° 35.883' S, 179° 4.267' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1998
October
(Unknown)
50 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1998
October
(Unknown)
50 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1998
October
(Breeding)
50 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Greater crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
(Laridae)
1998
October
(Unknown)
2 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
1998
October
(Unknown)
200-300 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Data Deficient
Medium
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1998
October
(Unknown)
10 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1993 - 1998
October
(Breeding)
191 Nests
Observed
Confirmed
Medium