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Breeding Colonies Distribution of Brown Noddy Lineage To view this as a map and many more go to: www.nabis.govt.nz web mapping tool Type the map name into: Search for a map layer or place Lineage – Scientific methodology Breeding distribution of Brown noddy lineage 1. A “breeding colony” for New Zealand seabirds is defined as “any location where breeding has been reported and is considered by the expert compiling the species account to have occurred at that location at least until 1998”. 2. An “occasional breeding colony” for New Zealand seabirds is defined as “any location where breeding has been reported, but not necessarily continuously nor during consecutive breeding seasons, and is considered by the expert compiling the species account to have occurred at that location during the last 30 years”. 3. Literature sources were searched for breeding distribution information. a. Scientific papers, published texts, unpublished reports and university theses available to the expert who prepared the distributional layers. b. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts for 1960-2009. c. OSNZ News and Southern Bird for 1977–2009. 4. Other sources. a. Nil. 5. The mapping of the Brown noddy breeding colony at Curtis Island is based on a written description of its location in Veitch et al. (2004) during 1989, those of the breeding colonies at Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island are based on written descriptions of their locations in Higgins & Davies (1996), and that of the unknown breeding colony at L’Esperance Rock is based on a written description of its location in Greene et al. (2004) during 2002. The colonies have not been surveyed for mapping purposes, and the mapping presented is based on the written descriptions of their locations. 6. Summary a. An expert scientist integrated information from the literature and expert opinion, and produced hand-drawn distributional zones on a template map. These maps were then digitised and imported into a GIS software package as layers. The areas of the zones were calculated, and the layers were linked to attribute and metadata files. b. The primary sources of breeding distribution data for Brown noddy were papers published in refereed journals. c. The Brown noddy is indigenous to New Zealand and breeds at Curtis Island within the Kermadec Islands, and also at Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands (Australia). This species may also breed at L’Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands, but this remains to be confirmed as a breeding site. d. In 1989, 25 pairs of Brown noddy were found breeding at Curtis Island within the Kermadec Islands archipelago (Tennyson & Taylor 1990, Veitch et al. 2004). This remains the only confirmed breeding record for New Zealand. More recently, Greene et al. (2004) reported two birds flying off L’Esperance Rock (Kermadec Islands) in July 2002 and speculated that this might be an additional breeding site for the species. Elsewhere in the region, Brown noddy nest at Lord Howe Island, where it is estimated more than 1,000 pairs breed, and at Norfolk Island, where a similar number breed (Higgins & Davies 1996). e. The current population trends are unknown for this species. f. Elsewhere, this subspecies breeds from the Seychelles and Madagascar eastwards to northern Australia, Polynesia, Hawaii and Easter Island (Taylor 2000). 7. References The following sources provided useful information on the breeding distribution of this species. This is not an exhaustive list of all references to the species. Baird, K. (2006). Kermadec Island seabirds. Pp. 13-15 in The state of New Zealand’s birds 2006. Special report New Zealand’s seabirds. Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Wellington. 16p. Greene, T.C.; Scofield, R.P.; Dilks, P.J. (2004). Status of Kermadec red-crowned parakeets and the likely effects of a proposed kiore eradication programme. DOC Science Internal Series 179, Department of Conservation, Wellington. 33p. Hermes, N.; Evans, O.; Evans, B. (1986). Norfolk Island birds: a review 1985. Notornis 33: 141-149. Higgins, P.J.; Davies, S.J.J.F.; (1996). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 3. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. 1028p. Tarburton, M.K. (1981). Seabirds nesting at Norfolk Island. Notornis 28: 209-211. Taylor, G.A. (2000). Action plan for seabird conservation in New Zealand. Part B: Non-threatened seabirds. Threatened species occasional publication No. 17, Department of Conservation, Wellington. 202p. Tennyson, A.; Taylor, G. (1990). Curtis Island. OSNZ News 57: 10. Veitch, C.R.; Miskelly, C.M.; Harper, G.A.; Taylor, G.A.; Tennyson, A.J.D. (2004). Birds of the Kermadec Islands, south-west Pacific. Notornis 51: 61-90. .
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