Breeding ecology, population size and nest site preferences of red-billed tropicbirds at St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Emu - Austral Ornithology
• Main Authors: Beard, Annalea, Madeiros Mirra, Renata, Clingham, Elizabeth, Henry, Leeann, Thomas, Robert J., Hailer, Frank
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis 2023
• Subjects: St. Helena; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/159176/; https://doi.org/10.1080/01584197.2023.2205595; https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/159176/1/BEARD_ET_AL._2023_EMU_FINAL.pdf

We describe the population size and breeding ecology of the Red-billed Tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus, a poorly studied pantropical seabird, at St Helena, South Atlantic. The population size of 81–246 pairs and 272–564 individuals identifies the study population as the largest colony of Red-billed T...