Claim: Lacepede Islands are a group of four islands and have been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area breeding colony of brown boobies and up to 20,000 roseate terns have been recorded there.
Evidence: Up to 20,000 roseate terns have been recorded there. The breeding colony of brown boobies, of up to 18,000 breeding pairs, is possibly the largest in the world. The islands have been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because they support over 1% of the world populations of brown boobies and roseate terns. The Lacepede Islands, sometimes referred to simply as the Lacepedes, are a group of four islands lying off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Broome.