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Predation on Sooty Terns at Raoul Island by rats and cats

  • Publication Type

    Journal

  • Publication Year

    1979

  • Author(s)

    Taylor, R. H.

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    26, 2

  • Pagination

    199-202

  • Article Type

    Paper

Keywords

Sooty tern, Sterna fuscata, Raoul Island, predation, rats, cats


Predation on Sooty Terns at Raoul Island by rats and cats

Notornis, 26 (2), 199-202

Taylor, R. H. (1979)

Article Type: Paper

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Recent observations and counts of chicks suggest that predation by rats and cats may be destroying the Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) colony at Denham Bay, Raoul Island. Aspects of this predation and of a comparable situation on Ascension Island are discussed. More management-oriented research is needed on the Sooty Tern at Raoul Island, and an annual assessment of breeding success and population trends is proposed.