Counts of breeding seabirds and herons at Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island off the Kimberley coast, Australia (1949-2014)

Ashmore Reef is situated on the edge of Sahul Shelf, off the Kimberley coast, Australia. Surveys in 2010 indicate the three small islands within Ashmore Reef support approximately 100,000 breeding seabirds of 16 species and four heron species on an annual basis. That such a diversity and abundance of tropical seabirds utilize a total land area of just 55 ha for breeding purposes is exceptional in an international context Cartier Island and the surrounding reef is an isolated Australian Territory situated in the Timor Sea. This dataset summarises all known ornithological records from the Island and detail the results of twice-annual bird surveys conducted within the Cartier Island Australian Marine Park between 2010 and 2014. See cited papers for data and additional observations.

阿什莫尔礁（Ashmore Reef）坐落于澳大利亚金伯利海岸外的萨胡尔陆架（Sahul Shelf）边缘。2010年的调查结果表明，阿什莫尔礁内的三座小型岛屿每年可支撑约10万只繁殖期海鸟，涵盖16种海鸟与4种鹭类。如此多样且种群规模庞大的热带海鸟，仅依托总面积55公顷的陆地开展繁殖活动，这在全球范围内都极为罕见。卡蒂尔岛（Cartier Island）及其周边礁体是坐落于帝汶海的澳大利亚孤悬领地。本数据集汇总了该岛目前已公开的全部鸟类学记录，并详细记述了2010年至2014年间在澳大利亚卡蒂尔岛海洋公园内开展的每年两次的鸟类调查成果。如需获取完整数据及额外观测资料，请参阅引用文献。