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Colony Name
Teraina (Washington) Island
Atoll
Caroline Atoll
EEZ
Line Group EEZ
Island Name
Teraina
Local Island Name
Prospect
Coordinates
4° 41.033' N, 160° 22.8' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1983
100 Breeding pairs
Confirmed
Poor
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1979
1000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1979
1000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1979
100 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1979
1000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1979
(Common)
Confirmed
Poor