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Colony Name
Tutuila
Atoll
Tutuila
EEZ
American Samoa EEZ
Island Name
Tutuila
Local Island Name
Tiaoalii Rock
Coordinates
14° 18.067' S, 170° 43.083' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2003
September
(Breeding)
38 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2003
September
(Breeding)
378 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
2003
September
(Breeding)
49-48 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2003
September
(Breeding)
46 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2003
September
(Breeding)
95 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
2003
September
(Resident)
66 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
2003
September
(Breeding)
40 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Collared Petrel
Pterodroma brevipes
(Procellariidae)
2002
(Present)
Potential Breeding
Medium
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
(Procellariidae)
2001
January
(Breeding)
Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Potential Breeding
Medium
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
(Procellariidae)
2001
January
(Breeding)
Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Potential Breeding
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2000
July
(Breeding)
57 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2000
July
(Breeding)
123 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
2000
July
(Breeding)
30 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2000
July
(Breeding)
126 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
2000
July
(Resident)
75 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
2000
July
(Breeding)
9 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
(Procellariidae)
1987
July
(Breeding)
15-30 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
(Procellariidae)
1986
July
(Breeding)
Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
1986
June
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
1986
June
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1986
July
(Breeding)
498 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1986
July
(Breeding)
258 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1986
July
(Breeding)
3779 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1986
July
(Breeding)
4329 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
(Procellariidae)
1986
July
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1986
July
(Breeding)
463 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1986
July
(Breeding)
616 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1982
(Breeding)
3000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Poor
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
1976
(Breeding)
150 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
2000
July
(Non-breeding)
5 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Blue Noddy
Anous ceruleus
(Laridae)
(Present)
Confirmed
Medium