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Colony Name
Papala
Atoll
Papala
EEZ
Palmyra Atoll EEZ
Island Name
Papala
Coordinates
5° 52.917' N, 162° 4.567' W
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
2002
(Breeding)
2 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
(Phaethontidae)
2002
(Breeding)
8 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
2002
(Breeding)
6498 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
2002
(Breeding)
742 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
2002
(Breeding)
564 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Common White Tern
Gygis alba
(Laridae)
2002
(Breeding)
508 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
(Fregatidae)
2002
(Breeding)
400 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
2002
(Breeding)
5 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
(Sulidae)
2002
(Breeding)
70 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
(Sulidae)
2002
(Breeding)
25000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
(Phaethontidae)
2002
(Breeding)
261 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
2002
(Breeding)
876000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
(Procellariidae)
1983 - 2002
(Breeding)
1 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1973
(Breeding)
750000 Individuals
Estimated (directly)
Confirmed
Medium