Green turtle
Chelonia mydas
Sighting evidence at Turtle Nesting Reef
Photo: MARC MARTIN SOLA · CC BY-NC
Green turtles return to their birth beach to nest, sometimes crossing thousands of kilometres of open ocean. Funafuti's islets are among the last intact nesting beaches in the central Pacific. Rising sea levels are actively eroding nesting habitat here — the beach is visibly narrower than it was a decade ago.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
Green turtle is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.