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Colony Name
Omelek
Atoll
Kwajalein Atoll
EEZ
Marshall Islands EEZ
Island Name
Omelek Island
Local Island Name
Omelek
Coordinates
9° 2.883' N, 167° 44.583' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
(Laridae)
1988
March
(Unknown)
6 Mature individuals
Observed
Potential Breeding
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
"likely that the species nests here"
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1988
March
(Unknown)
1 Individuals
Observed
Non-Breeding
Good
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1988
March
(Unknown)
7 Individuals
Observed
Potential Breeding
Good
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
1988
March
(Unknown)
1 Mature individuals
Observed
Non-Breeding
Good
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1988
March
(Breeding)
4 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1988
March
(Breeding)
15 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Good