Chapter I Intro & Objectives - SPREP

PHOENIX ISLANDS PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN
Chapter III. Background, 3. Terrestrial Resources
Draft 1 March 2007
Wedge-tailed
shearwater
White throated
storm petrel
*count from islet adjacent to lagoon to sea passage, not entire atoll.
Neilson (2002) reported the presences of various bird species on Abariringa (Kanton), Birnie,
Enderbury, Manra, Nikumaroro, Orona and Rawaki (see Table III-3.22 below).
Table III-3.22. The presence of bird species on the different Phoenix Islands*
(source: Neilson 2002).
*A=Nikumaroro (Nikumoro), B=Manra, C=Rawaki, D=Abariringa (Kanton), E=Enderbury, F=Birnie,
G=Orona.
In 2002, bird surveys were conducted on all Phoenix Islands, except McKean (Obura and
Stone 2003; Yoshinaga 2002). No petrels, shearwaters, Pacific reef herons, or blue-gray
noddies were observed. Bird species observed and their population estimates are provided in
Table III-3.23 below.
Table III-3.23. 2002 observed bird species and their population estimates
(source: Obura and Stone 2003; Yoshinaga 2002).
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