A case study of sea and shorebird breeding recovery following goat and cat eradication on Klein Curaçao, southern Caribbean

ere, we document major seabird breeding recovery on a satellite island of Curaçao in the southern Caribbean following the removal of goats in 1997, significant reforestation from 2000–2005, and the extermination of cats in 2001. The only seabird to have been confirmed to breed on the island since the 1960s and until recently has been the Least Tern (Sternula antillarum). However, we now confirm nesting for an additional eight sea- and shorebird species on the island for the first time based on field observations in2021 and 2022. The total number of documented nesting pairs annually has increas... Mehr ...