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Colony Name
Pigelmol
Atoll
Sorol Atoll
EEZ
Micronesian EEZ
Island Name
Bigelimol
Coordinates
8° 9.367' N, 140° 20.4' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1994 - 2011
July
(Breeding)
Nests
Observed
Probable
Good
Survey Breeding Notes
No eggs or young seen
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1994 - 2011
July
(Breeding)
3 Chicks
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1891 - 2004
March
(Unknown)
Mature individuals
Observed
Probable
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2011
July
(Breeding)
80-100 Adults only
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2004
March
(Breeding)
Chicks
Observed
Probable
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2011
July
(Breeding)
15 Nests
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
2010
August
(Breeding)
Breeding pairs
Observed
Probable
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
2011
July
(Breeding)
5-6 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Greater crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
(Laridae)
2011
July
(Breeding)
70-100 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2004
March
(Breeding)
15 Nests
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2010
August
(Breeding)
Chicks
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2011
July
(Breeding)
5-6 Chicks
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2011
July
(Breeding)
3 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2011
July
(Unknown)
2 Mature individuals
Observed
Probable
Good
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2011
July
(Unknown)
Individuals
Observed
Probable
Good
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2011
July
(Unknown)
400 Individuals
Observed
Probable
Good
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2010
August
(Unknown)
6 Breeding pairs
Observed
Probable
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
Assumed by Buden (2012) to be on Pigelmol
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2011
July
(Unknown)
100 Mature individuals
Observed
Probable
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
Assumed by Buden (2012) to be on Pigelmol
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2011
July
(Breeding)
1 Nests
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2004
March
(Breeding)
Chicks
Observed
Probable
Medium
Survey Breeding Notes
Assumed by Buden (2012) to be on Pigelmol