Table 1. Breeding attempts since modern records began in 1981.
Only data after 1990 were used in this study because data between 1981 and 1990 were incomplete. Note that for some clutches no copulations were recorded, and that fertility reported here is apparent fertility determined from candling; not true fertility from microscopic analysis. This is the full data set; some of these clutches were excluded from the fertility model. See text for further details.
| Year | Island | Clutches | Recorded copulations | Fertile eggs | Infertile eggs | Hatched | Fledged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Rakiura | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1985 | Rakiura | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | Hauturu | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | Hauturu | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 1992 | Whenua Hou | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 1993 | Hauturu | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | Hauturu | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | Whenua Hou | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 1998 | Maud | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | Pearl | 8 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| 2002 | Whenua Hou | 24 | 34 | 42 | 25 | 26 | 24 |
| 2005 | Whenua Hou | 10 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 4 |
| 2008 | Whenua Hou | 5 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2009 | Whenua Hou | 28 | 52 | 54 | 18 | 36 | 33 |
| 2011 | Anchor | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Whenua Hou | 8 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 11 |
| 2014 | Hauturu | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | Whenua Hou | 7 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 2016 | Anchor | 22 | 32 | 32 | 38 | 21 | 15 |
| 2016 | Hauturu | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Whenua Hou | 20 | 31 | 30 | 19 | 26 | 20 |
| 2019 | Anchor | 37 | 60 | 56 | 67 | 42 | 37 |
| 2019 | Whenua Hou | 43 | 64 | 63 | 66 | 44 | 36 |
| Total | 242 | 361 | 370 | 292 | 261 | 210 |