The status of seabirds at Latham Island, Tanzania

Latham Island, Tanzania, was surveyed in August 2004 - the first known survey of the island outside the period October-March - and in December 2005. On both surveys, four species of seabird were breeding at the island. Larger numbers of swift tern Sterna bergii thalassina and common noddy Anous stol...

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Published in:African journal of marine science 2006-04, Vol.28 (1), p.99-108
Main Authors: Crawford, RJM, Asseid, BS, Dyer, BM, Hija, A, Mwinyi, AA, Shinula, P, Upfold, L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ANOUS STOLIDUS
COMMON NODDY
LATHAM ISLAND
Marine
MASKED BOOBY
SOOTY TERN
STERNA BERGII
STERNA FUSCATA
SULA DACTYLATRA
SWIFT TERN
TSUNAMI
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Summary:Latham Island, Tanzania, was surveyed in August 2004 - the first known survey of the island outside the period October-March - and in December 2005. On both surveys, four species of seabird were breeding at the island. Larger numbers of swift tern Sterna bergii thalassina and common noddy Anous stolidus plumbeigularis were breeding in August than in December, but the converse was true for masked booby Sula dactylatra melanops and sooty tern Sterna fuscata nubilosa. The estimated breeding populations of the four species were: masked booby (3 700 pairs), swift tern (320 pairs), sooty tern (4 400 pairs) and common noddy (4 000 pairs). These represent about 20%, 50%,
ISSN:1814-232X
1814-2338
DOI:10.2989/18142320609504137