NUMBERS OF BREEDING SEABIRDS ON PELSAERT ISLAND, HOUTMAN ABROLHOS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
| Posted: |
11/09/2021 |
| Author(s): |
Andrew A. Burbidge, Phillip J. Fuller |
In December 1986, we visited Pelsaert Island, Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, and estimated
49 000 occupied breeding burrows of the Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus pacificus, 76 000
current nests of the Common Noddy
Anous stolidus and 30 000 current nests of the Lesser Noddy
A. tenuirostris. It was not possible to count the Sooty Tern
Sterna fuscata colony because breeding
was too far advanced. It occupied nearly 12 ha and probably included at least as many nests as the
Common Noddy colony.
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