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Colony Name
Pohnpei
Atoll
Pohnpei
EEZ
Micronesian EEZ
Island Name
Ponape
Local Island Name
Ascension
Coordinates
6° 52.983' N, 158° 13.917' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
(Procellariidae)
1994
May
(Breeding)
Mature individuals
Estimated (directly)
Probable
Good
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
(Procellariidae)
1983
June
(Breeding)
2-3 Mature individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1958 - 1983
May
(Unknown)
707 Individuals
Estimated (indirectly)
Probable
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
island population calculated from average density from survey
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
(Procellariidae)
1876
(Unknown)
(Present)
Confirmed
Good
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
1881
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1994
May
(Breeding)
(Common)
Confirmed
Good
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1876
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Good
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1994
May
(Breeding)
(Common)
Confirmed
Good
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1930
November
(Breeding)
(Common)
Confirmed
Good
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1877
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Good
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1983
May
(Unknown)
23 Individuals
Observed
Probable
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1983
May
(Unknown)
2512 Individuals
Observed
Probable
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1983
May
(Unknown)
82295 Individuals
Estimated (indirectly)
Probable
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
island population calculated from average density from survey
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1983
May
(Unknown)
292 Individuals
Observed
Probable
Good
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1881
(Unknown)
(Present)
Confirmed
Good
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1983
May
(Unknown)
13077 Individuals
Estimated (indirectly)
Probable
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
island population calculated from average density from survey
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
(Laridae)
1880
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Good
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1983
May
(Breeding)
1 Nests
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1865
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Good
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1983
May
(Breeding)
2438 Individuals
Estimated (indirectly)
Probable
Poor
Survey Breeding Notes
island population calculated from average density from survey
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
1876
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Good
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
1983
May
(Breeding)
213 Individuals
Observed
Probable
Good
Greater crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
(Laridae)
1877
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Good
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
1880
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1994
May
(Breeding)
(Frequent)
Confirmed
Good