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Colony Name
Hunter Island
Atoll
Hunter Island
EEZ
New Caledonian EEZ
Island Name
Hunter Island
Local Island Name
Ile Hunter
Coordinates
22° 23.7' S, 172° 5.217' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Black-winged Petrel
Pterodroma nigripennis
(Procellariidae)
2009
January
(Breeding)
Nests
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2009
January
(Unknown)
2 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2009
January
(Breeding)
Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
2009
January
(Breeding)
20 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2009
January
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2009
January
(Breeding)
Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
2009
January
(Breeding)
8 Nests
Observed
Confirmed
Good
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
2007
100-200 Breeding pairs
Confirmed
Medium
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2007
100-300 Breeding pairs
Confirmed
Medium
Black-winged Petrel
Pterodroma nigripennis
(Procellariidae)
2004
December
(Unknown)
10 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Good
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
45 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
131 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
23 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
25 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
93 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
21 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
816 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
73 Breeding pairs
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Good
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
2004
December
(Breeding)
153 Nests
Observed
Confirmed
Good