1.4 Seabirds of Oceania

The modern distribution of seabirds in Oceania is imperfectly known. There are numerous islands scattered throughout Oceania for which we know very little, or in some cases absolutely nothing, because of difficulty of access due to remoteness or natural barriers.

Figure 14. Map shows SPREP member countries and EEZs (orange), SPREP partners Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia EEZs outlines only), and US Pacific Minor Outlying Islands (EEZs pale yellow) and the US state of Hawaii (EEZ outline only)

Table 1. Species of seabirds known to be breeding or potentially breeding within the Oceania region

Key: American Samoa (AS), Cook Islands (CI), French Polynesia (FP), Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Guam (GU), Kiribati (KI), Marshall Islands (MI), Nauru (NU), New Caledonia (NC), Niue (NI), Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (NMI), Palau (PA), Papua New Guinea (PNG), Pitcairn Islands (PI), Samoa (SA), Solomon Islands (SI), Tokelau (TOK), Tonga (TO), Tuvalu (TU), Vanuatu (VA), Wallis and Futuna (WF)