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A PDF Can Be Downloaded Here • • • 0" , ~fafusandeonservafionoi WesfJndian~eabirds E.A. Schreiber and David S. Lee, Editors Society of Caribbean Ornithology, Special Publication Number 1 2000 Special Publication Number 1 , Status and Conservation of West Indian Seabirds I SOCIETY OF CARIBBEAN ORNITHOLOGY Special Publication Number 1. Edited by E. A. Schreiber and David S. Lee The Society of Caribbean Ornithology publishes a bulletin, "EI Pitirre", and "Special Publications" for papers too long to appear in the Bulletin. This publication has been made possible through the support ofRamsar Bureau, Gland, Switzerland, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USA, and Seabird Research, Inc., Alexandria, V A, USA. The views expressed in this publication are not intended to represent those of the Society of Caribbean Ornithology. William Mackin, Univ. of North Carolina provided the maps for the publication. The Society of Caribbean Ornithology is a non-profit organization whose goals are to promote scientific study and conservation of Caribbean birds and their habitat. Regular membership is $20, Institutional membership is $120. Send check or,ffioney order in U.S. funds with complete name and address to: Dr. Rosemarie Gnam, 13 East Rosemont Ave., Alexandria, VA 22301, U.S.A. Copies of Special Publications may be ordered from the editorial office: Dr. James W. Wiley Telephone 318274-2499. 2201 Ashland St. Email wileyjw@ alphaO.gram.edu. Ruston, LA 71270, USA Cost including shipping: 1) within the United States $12.00 U.S., 2) elsewhere $17.00 U.S. Make checks, payable to "Society of Caribbean Ornithology". Issued January 30, 2000 Society of Caribbean Ornithology, Special Publication No.1, v + 223 pp. Copyright © by the Society of Caribbean Ornithology, 2000. ISBN 0-9677824-0-6 $12.00 11 STATUS AND CONSERVATION OF WEST INDIAN SEABIRDS Edited by: E. A. Schreiber National Museum of Natural History Bird Department MRC 116 Washi"ngton D.C. 20560 USA David S. Lee North Carolina State Museum of Natural Science P. O. Box 29555 Raleigh, North Carolina 27626 USA SOCIETY OF CARIBBEAN ORNITHOLOGY, SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 1. 2201 Ashland St., Ruston, LA 71270, USA 2000 111 ~------- ------ -" -- -- - TABLE OF CONTENTS ~~ ;;::;::::;;:"'~*:=;=:::~~ West Indian Seabirds, a Disappearing Natural Resource 1 D. S. Lee and E. A. Schreiber Status and Conservation Priorities for Black-capped Petrels in the 11 West Indies D. S Lee The Jamaica Petrel in the Caribbea'n 19 L. Douglas Status and Conservation Priorities for Audubon's Shearwaters 25 D. S. Lee Status and Conservation Priorities for White-tailed Tropicbirds and 31 Red-biDed Tropicbirds in the West Indies M W.McGehee Conservation of the Brown Pelican in the West Indies 39 J. A. Collazo, J. E. Saliva, and J. Pierce Boobies in the West I!ldies: Their Status and Conservation 46 E. A. Schreiber Status of the Magnificent Frigatebird in the Caribbean 58 K. Lindsay, B. Horwith, and E. A. Schreiber Conservation priorities for Laughing Gulls, Gull-billed Terns, Royal 65 Terns and Bridled Terns in the West Indies J. W. Chardine, R. D. Morris, J. F. Parnell and J. Pierce Status and Conservation of Sandwich and Cayenne Terns in the 80 West Indies R. L. Norton Roseate Tern Conservation in the West Indies 87 J. E. Saliva continued - IV Table of Contents continued - Breeding Common Terns in the Greater West Indies: Status and 96 Conservation Priorities P. A. Buckley and F. G. Buckley Status of Sooty Terns in the West Indies 102 J. E. Saliva Distribution, Population changes and Threats to Least Terns in the Caribbean 109 and Adjacent Waters of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico J. Jackson Status and Conservation Needs of Brown Noddies and Black Noddies in the 118 West Indies J. Chardine, R Morris, and R. Norton The Role of Research and Museum Collections in the Conservation of Seabirds 126 E. A. Schreiber The Role of Helicopters in Seabird Censusing 134 P. A. Buckley and F. G. Buckley Seabird Monitoring Techniques 148 A. E. Burger and A. D. Lawrence A Geographic Information System for Seabird Breeding Sites in the 174 West Indies WA.Mackin Action Plan for Conserv-ation of West Indian Seabirds 182 E. A. Schreiber Bibliography of Seabirds in the West Indies 192 James W. Wiley v Special Pub!. No. I, Jan 2000] Schreiber and Lee West Indian Seabirds: a disappearing natural resource E. A. SCHREmER 1 and DAVID S. LEE 2 J National Museum o/Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC 116, Washington D. C. 20560 USA, Email ~qfJLfj.P..!![E.@go~.fQl!!.. 2 North Carolina State Museum o/Natural Sciences, P.D. Box 29555, Raleigh, NC 27626 USA, Email9.Q!I.iffl.J!l.Q.l~QlJi!!-.!l. Introduction The Caribbean Islands are considered one of the world's "Biodiversity Hotspots", defined as an area of the planet that is critical to preserving the diversity oflife on earth (Madre 1999). Twenty-five threatened regions were designated as Hotspots by Conservation Internatiollal, representing only 1.4% of the land surface of the world, but containing over 60% of all plant and animal species. These 25 areas also contain 8l.6% of the world's endangered bird species and high concentrations of endangered mammals and plants. All 25 areas have already lost 75% or more of their original vegetation. Five of the listed Hotspots are tropical archipelagos: the Caribbean, Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands, Polynesia-Micronesia complex, New Caledonia, and Wallacea (Indonesia). This points out the severe conservation problems suffered in the islands today and the continuing loss of biodiversity. We hope in this publication, by presenting the status and conservation needs of West Indian seabirds, to draw attention to the ongoing declines in these p.opulations and the need for immediate conservation action to preserve these species. In the early 1980s van Halewyn and Norton (1984) and Sprunt (1984) summarized the status of and conservation issues for seabirds of the Caribbean region. Since then, more detailed inventories have revealed that, for a number of species, population estimates made at that time were too high, and in a few cases where population monitoring has occurred, dramatic declines in the number of nesting pairs have been recorded. The original problems identified by van Halewyn and Norton (1984) have not been resolved (egg collecting, exotic predators, pollution, habitat de~truction and disturbance) and several of them have become increasingly more severe over the last 15 years. Primarily because of the growing tourism industry, development of coastal habitats has increased and isolated cays and rocks, which were formerly relatively safe nesting sites, are now being developed or are visited by tourists seeking remote island experiences. Ironically, the seabird colonies themselves are becoming attractions for the ecotourism industry. Presently most of the species of seabirds nesting in the region are represented by tremendously reduced populations with aggregate numbers totaling only a few thousand pairs. In August 1997, an International Seabird Workshop was held at the Society of Caribbean Ornithology's annual meeting in Aruba. Participants addressed conservation issues related to seabirds in the West Indies region (Fig. 1) and discussed steps needed to preserve seabird populations. All in attendance agreed that research and standardized monitoring had been largely neglected throughout the region, and that programs addressing these issues were vital to the long range survival of a number oflocally breeding seabirds. Furthermore, with the general lack of 1 West Indian Seabirds: a disappearing natural resource [Soc. Caribbean Ornithol. Figure 1. Key to the Island Maps Appearing in Each Species Account Each chapter on species' status has a map that shows the locations of active colonies, colonies that were active years ago but from which we have no recent data, and known extirpated colonies. Owing to constraints on space, the maps appearing in the species chapters do not have the names on the individual islands. The numbered island names below correspond to those numbers on the following map for reference. ISLAND NAME ISLAND NAME 1. The Bahamas 12. United States Virgin Islands a. Cay Sal Bank 13. British Virgin Islands b. Bimini 14. Anguilla c. Grand Bahama 15. St. Martin d. Abaco 16. St. Bartholomew e. New Providence 17. Saba f. Andros 18. St. Eustatius g. Eleuthera 19. Barbuda h. Exuma Cays 20. St. Christopher and Nevis i. Cat Island 21. Antigua j. San Salvador 22. Redonda k. Rum Cay 23. Montserrat I. Long Island 25. Dominica m. Crooked Island 26. Martinique n. Acklins Island 27. St. Lucia o.Mayaguana 28. Barbados p. Great Inagua 29. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2. Turks and Caicos 30. Grenada 3. Cuba 31. Tobago 4. Caymen Islands 32. Trinidad 5. Jamaica 33. Margarita Island (Venezuela) a. Pedro Cays 34. Los Roques Archipelago (Venezuela) b. Morant Cays 35. Bonaire 6. Navassa Island (USA) 36. Cura~ao 7. Haiti 37. Aruba 8. Dominican Republic 9. Mona Island (puerto Rico) 10. Puerto Rico 11. Culebra, Vieques, Cordillera Island: Puerto Rico 2 700W 600 W o 600 Miles r~~ ,1 = o 10 )0 Kilometers 25°N - I) ~ Ie! \-tj'O 3 a - 2 .'10_ ...... .'h. f~ ~~'"-k Ii Im h'O~16£ f7pny, .,), . ' ... ~~, 8 0 20 N 4 ,- • .--0 ~ 10 11 ~ 13 14 6 "",,' / 15 ~/ 19 , "'" -1 V ~ 1 16- ..---- 21 "9 a 7 9 12 17:Z;;, ®- 24 5 18 20/ _ '\r---- 25 22 23~ 26 <Y'27 37\36 35 34 29 , 28r , l ~ ,. 1. 0,33 301' 31 , 32 .v o ck B \j~~' West Indian Seabirds: a disappearing natural resource ISoc. Caribbean Ornithol. biology, distribution, conservation status and management needs was greatly needed. This publication is a direct result of these concerns. It represents the combined efforts of not only the authors of the chapters presented herein but also ofa large number of biologists residing in the greater West Indies region.
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