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Colony Name
Aomoen
Atoll
Bikini Atoll
EEZ
Marshall Islands EEZ
Island Name
Aomoen
Local Island Name
Yurochi
Coordinates
11° 41.467' N, 165° 25.683' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Unknown)
1-5 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Probable
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
assumed to be nesting'
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1986
May
(Unknown)
1-4 Individuals
Observed
Non-Breeding
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Breeding)
500 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Breeding)
250 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Greater crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Unknown)
6 Individuals
Observed
Potential Breeding
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
no definite signs of nesting'
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1986
May
(Unknown)
1 Females only
Observed
Non-Breeding
Good
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1986
May
(Unknown)
15 Mature individuals
Observed
Potential Breeding
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
no signs of nesting'