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Colony Name
Malden Island
Atoll
Malden Island
EEZ
Line Group EEZ
Island Name
Independence
Local Island Name
Malden
Coordinates
4° 1.017' S, 154° 55.733' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2015
September
(Breeding)
6000-10000 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2015
September
(Breeding)
1000 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
2015
September
(Breeding)
50 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
2015
September
(Breeding)
150000-200000 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
2015
September
(Breeding)
Breeding pairs
(Present)
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
2015
September
(Breeding)
Breeding pairs
(Present)
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2015
September
(Breeding)
200 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2015
September
(Breeding)
Breeding pairs
(Present)
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2015
September
(Breeding)
3000 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Grey-backed Tern
Onychoprion lunatus
(Laridae)
2015
September
(Breeding)
7000-8000 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2015
September
(Breeding)
15000 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1977
November
(Unknown)
50 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1977
November
(Unknown)
3000 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Grey-backed Tern
Onychoprion lunatus
(Laridae)
1977
November
(Unknown)
2500 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
1977
November
(Unknown)
7000 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
1977
November
(Breeding)
3000 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
1977
November
(Breeding)
5000 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
1977
November
(Breeding)
40 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1977
November
(Breeding)
10000 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Polynesian Storm-petrel
Nesofregetta fuliginosa
(Oceanitidae)
1977
November
(Unknown)
1 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
1977
November
(Unknown)
200 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1977
November
(Unknown)
500 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium