Palau seabird monitoring

Palau's seabird colonies

seabirds in palau3

The Pacific seabird colony database has mapped records for all seabirds that are breeding in Palau's EEZ, which are summarized in the tables below.

The last survey of the Rock islands was in 2017.

colony name	*Anous minutus*	*Sterna sumatrana*	*Onychoprion anaethetus*	*Sula leucogaster*	*Anous stolidus*	*Gygis alba / candida*	*Fregata minor*
	Black Noddy	Black-naped Tern	Bridled Tern	Brown Booby	Brown Noddy	Common White Tern	Great Frigatebird
Anna	X				X	X
Babelchomekang	X	X			X	X
Babelthuap	X				X	X
Elibel	X	X		X	X	X	X
Fanna	X			X	X	X	X
Helen	X	X		X		X
Kmekumer	X				X	X
Mecherechar	X					X
Merir	X				X	X
Ngarapalas	X	X		X	X	X	X
Ngeanges	X					X
Ngeaur	X				X	X
Ngemelis	X		X			X	X
Ngerechong	X					X
Ngeriungs	X	X		X	X	X	X
Ngeruangel	X	X		X	X	X	X
Ngeruktabel	X				X	X	X
Ngerukuid	X	X	X		X	X
Peleliu	X				X	X
Rock Islands	X				X	X
Sonsorol	X				X	X
Tobi	X				X	X
Ulebsechel	X					X
Ulong	X	X		X	X	X

colony name	*Thalasseus bergii*	*Fregata ariel*	*Sula sula*	*Phaethon rubricauda*	*Onychoprion fuscatus*	*Puffinus bailloni*	*Phaethon lepturus*
	Greater crested Tern	Lesser Frigatebird	Red-footed Booby	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Sooty Tern	Tropical Shearwater	White-tailed Tropicbird
Anna				X			X
Babelchomekang	X						X
Babelthuap							X
Elibel		X	X
Fanna		X	X				X
Helen	X	X	X		X
Kmekumer
Mecherechar							X
Merir							X
Ngarapalas		X	X
Ngeanges							X
Ngeaur							X
Ngemelis	X						X
Ngerechong							X
Ngeriungs		X	X
Ngeruangel	X	X	X		X
Ngeruktabel						X	X
Ngerukuid	X						X
Peleliu							X
Rock Islands						X	X
Sonsorol							X
Tobi		X					X
Ulebsechel							X
Ulong	X						X

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