31 
f 
Species 
-Jo 
# 
Sooty Tern 
ft 
63.3 
620 
Blue-faced Booby 
11.1 
109 
White-capped Noddy 
6.6 
65 
Common Noddy 
4.8 
47 • 
Prigatebird 
3.2 
31 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
3.1 
30 
Red-footed Booby 
2.6 
25 
Blue-gray Noddy 
1.4 
14 
Gray-backed Tern 
1.0 
10 
White-throated Storm Petrel 
0.9 
,9 
White Tern 
0.3 
3 
Leach Storm Petrel 
0.2 
2 
Rea-tailed Tropicbird 
0.2 
2 
Phoenix Petrel 
0.1 
1 
Brown Booby 
0.1 
1 
Miscellaneous 
-Q^_ 
100 
979 
Lin. Dens. = 4.03 
Species occurring in the Phoenix Island section but not occurring in 
all three interisland sections: 
White-throated Storm Petrel 
Audubon Shearwater (Also seen in Fiji section) 
Gray-backed Tern 1 .. 
Blue-gray Noddy (Also seen in Lines section) 
Blue-faced Booby (Also seen in Lines section) 
Species with highest interisland linear density occurring in Phoenix 
section: 
Frigatebirds 
Blue-faced Booby 
Blue-gray Noddy 
Interisland species not recorded in Phoenix island section: 
• 
Sooty/Slender-billed Shearwater 
Christinas Shearwater 
Pterodroma 
Bulwer Petrel 
White-tailed Tropicbird 
Brown-winged Tern 
Crested Tern 
Except for Leach Storm Petrels the above listing'is typically rep¬ 
resentative of local breeding birds. Leachs are usually in low numbers 
anyway. Most of the Procellarid species were recorded near Phoenix Is¬ 
land. The non-Sooty Terns were mostly logged between Enderbury and 
Phoenix. Gray-backed Terns were seen near Canton. 
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