Table . The Avifauna of Necker Island. 
Maximum 
Date 
Maximum 
Date 
Estimate 
Maximum 
Estimate 
Maximum 
Species 
Current Status 
Prior to i960 
Estimate Recorded 
Since i960 
Estimate Recorded 
RESIDENT SEABIRDS OF THE NORTH 
CENTRAL PACIFIC 
Black-footed Albatross 
Uncommon breeder 
* 
736 
Dec. 1957 
~%r. 
350 ' 
Mar. 1969 
Laysan Albatross 
Common breeder 
4,990 
Dec. 1957 
1,650 - 2,000 
Mar. 1965 
Bulwer 1 s Petrel 
Common breeder 
n/a 
n/a 
200 
Sept. 1966 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
Common breeder 
6 ? ooo 
June 1923 
4,000 - 5,000 
Sept. 1964 
Christmas Shearwater 
Rare visitor 
n/a 
n/a 
1 
Mar. 1967 5 1969 
(two records) 
Sooty Storm Petrel 
Rare visitor 
n/a 
n/a 
1 
Mar. 1965 
(one record) 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 
Common breeder 
1,000 
June 1923 
200 
Sept. 1966 
Blue-faced Booby 
Common breeder 
1,000 
June 1923 
500 
Mar. 1969 
Red-footed Booby 
Common breeder 
2,000 
Jpne 1923 
1, 400 
Mar. 1969 
Brown Booby 
Uncommon breeder 
100 
June 1923 
. * 
40 
Mar. 1969 
Great Frigatebird 
Common breeder 
600 
June 1923 
2,000 
Sept. 1966 
Gray-backed Tern 
Abundant breeder 
8,000 
June 1923 
7,500* 
Mar. 1965 
Sooty Tern 
Abundant breeder 
30,000 
June 1923 
50,000 
Mar. 1965 
Blue-gray Noddy 
Common breeder 
800 
June 1923 
2,000 - 3,000 
Mar. 1967 
