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Colony Name
Karkar
Atoll
Karkar
EEZ
Papua New Guinean EEZ
Island Name
Krakar
Local Island Name
Karkar
Coordinates
9° 7.867' S, 159° 48.717' E
Species Period Count Derivation Breeding Status Data Source Data Quality
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
(Procellariidae)
1981
October
(Unknown)
75 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
(Laridae)
1981
October
(Unknown)
40 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
(Laridae)
1981
October
(Unknown)
(Abundant)
Confirmed
Poor
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
(Laridae)
1981
October
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
(Laridae)
1981
October
(Unknown)
3 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
(Sulidae)
1974
October
(Unknown)
(Present)
Data Deficient
Poor
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
(Laridae)
1974
October
(Unknown)
200 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Greater crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
(Laridae)
1974
October
(Unknown)
350 Individuals
Observed
Confirmed
Medium
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
(Fregatidae)
1974
October
(Unknown)
400 Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
(Laridae)
1974
October
(Unknown)
Individuals
Observed
Data Deficient
Medium
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
(Laridae)
1981
October
(Unknown)
(Common)
Data Deficient
Poor