BIRDS AND BIRDING
Diversity —
Avifauna composed entirely of seabirds, vagrants and introduced sp.
Approx. 60 recorded sp.
Expect 10–20 sp. in 1–2 days
Species —
Endemics:
Ascension Frigatebird (br)
Other taxa of interest:
Band-rumped Storm Petrel | Madeiran Storm Petrel
Red-billed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird
Masked Booby
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Black Noddy
White Tern
Sooty Tern
Habitats —
Sea cliffs for breeding seabirds
Sites —
Boatswainbird Island for Ascension Frigatebird and other breeding seabirds
Mars Bay area for breeding Sooty Tern
Green Mountain for breeding White Tern
Timing (Oct–Dec) —
Best at the peak breeding season of Ascension Frigatebird (Oct–Dec) but any time of the year is fine
RESOURCES
See St Helena
ORGANISATIONS AND GROUPS
See St Helena
Saint-Paul & Amsterdam
Amsterdam: this remote island lying east-southeast of the Cape of Good Hope supports one of the rarest birds in the world: there are around 70 Amsterdam Island Albatrosses left. Other seabirds present on Amsterdam Island include Wandering, Yellow-nosed and Sooty Albatrosses, Broad-billed Prion and Antarctic Tern.
French Southern Territories by Antoine Catard in Important Bird Areas in Africa and Associated Islands: Priority Sites for Conservation edited by Lincoln D C Fishpool & Michael I Evans (2001)