Breeding success of Red-tailed Tropicbirds (Phaethon rubricauda), Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia (2008-2021)

Multi-purpose survey trips to Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef (coordinates: 11 35 26.26 S, 144 2 6.66 E) were conducted by Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science (DES) between 2008 and 2021, totaling between one and five surveys per year, at least 1 month apart (see cited paper). Between 2008 and 2021 there were 36 visits to Raine Island where detailed nest surveys were conducted (in surveys from 2011 to 2014 life stage of the offspring was not recorded). Monitoring of Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) nests followed Raine Island standard monitoring procedures. Surveyors recorded the GPS location and the contents of all accessible nests on the island, which included the number of adults, the presence/absence of an egg or offspring, and the life stage of the offspring recorded as either a newly hatched chick, a young chick, or an adolescent (an offspring of fledging age), according to observations of their plumage (Fleet 1974). Surveys after 2015 included the monitoring of ten nest boxes deployed on Raine Island in 2016 by DES.

昆士兰州政府环境与科学部（Department of Environment and Science，简称DES）于2008年至2021年间，在澳大利亚大堡礁雷恩岛（坐标：南纬11°35′26.26″，东经144°02′06.66″）开展多用途考察航次，每年开展1至5次考察，两次考察间隔至少1个月，相关细节详见所引文献。2008年至2021年间，研究团队共计36次登临雷恩岛开展详细的巢位调查，其中2011至2014年的调查未记录雏鸟的生活阶段。红尾热带鸟（Phaethon rubricauda）的巢位监测严格遵循雷恩岛标准监测流程。调查人员记录了岛上所有可抵达巢位的GPS坐标与巢内具体情况，包括成鸟数量、卵或雏鸟的有无，并依据羽毛特征（Fleet 1974）将雏鸟生活阶段划分为刚孵化幼雏、亚成雏鸟或近飞离幼鸟（即达到离巢年龄的后代）。2015年之后的调查还包含了对2016年由DES在雷恩岛部署的10个专用巢箱的监测。