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Colony Name
Motu One Atoll (Bellingshausen)
Atoll
Motu One Atoll (Bellingshausen)
EEZ
French Polynesian EEZ
Island Name
Atoll Motu One
Local Island Name
Atoll Motu One
Coordinates
15° 48.183' S, 154° 32.1' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1989
December
(Breeding)
250 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1989
December
(Breeding)
250 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
1989
December
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1989
December
(Breeding)
50 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1989
December
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1989
December
(Unknown)
(Common)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1984 - 1989
December
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
1972
Potential Breeding
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
Atoll Level Record (Exact Island Unknown)