ENDEBBURY 
DRAFT 
BIRDS 
POBSP has recorded 22 species from the islandfcf which five species (Christmas 
IsiShci Shean-rater, Ruddy Turnstone, Wandering Tattler, San- erling aid 
Crested Tern) are new records for the island. One additional s ecies 
(Phoenix Island Petrel) is recorded in the literature. Fourteen of the suecies have 0et 
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•been recorded as breeding but* "three of "these ( Audubon *s Shearwater* Phoenix island. 
Petrify and Fairy Tern) don*t breed at eresent* 
The island is inhabited by large numbers of dirds but only one of the 
five common species is medium or sraL 1 sized. Several thousand Blue-faced 
Boobies* Red-footed Boobies* and Great Frigatebirds inhabit the island year around # 
and A Lesser Frigatebirds and Sooty Terns visits the island in great numbers 
to breed. 
The various expeditions idiich\have visited the island are .listed below and a b-r 
brief summary of their\:ontributions \to our knowledge of the avifauna is given. 
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Wilkes((18 Ijd) U.S. Explorkng Expedition. 
Beck 192 ip 
Schult 
Munro e(19 38-19 ifL: 
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