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Colony Name
Bavo Island
Atoll
Bavo Island
EEZ
Papua New Guinean EEZ
Coordinates
9° 24.833' S, 146° 54.783' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1975
November
(Unknown)
1 Mature individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Poor
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
1975
November
(Breeding)
(Present)
Confirmed
Poor
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1975
November
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
(Laridae)
1970
May
(Breeding)
15 Breeding pairs
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
(Laridae)
1968
April
(Breeding)
1 Nests
Observed
Confirmed
Poor
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
(Laridae)
1968
April
(Breeding)
40 Nests
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1968
April
(Breeding)
6 Nests
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Greater crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
(Laridae)
1968
April
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor