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. 2023 Feb 3;11:e14675. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14675

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