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22 
3 irds of Laysan Island 
Species 
Maximum 
Present Status 
1 Black-footed Albatross 
Laysan Albatross 
7 Christmas Shear’water 
8 Sooty Storm Petrel 
9 Red-tailed Tropicbird 
10 Blue-faced Booby 
11 Bro’wn Booby 
12 Red-footed Booby 
13 Pelagic Cormorant 
1 ^ Great Prigatebird 
15 Emperor Goose 
16 Mallard 
17 Laysan Teal 
18 Pintail 
19 Common/Green--winged Teal 
20 Garganey Teal 
21 American Widgeon 
Shoveler 
23 Bufflehead 
24 Harlequin Duck 
25 Laysan Rail 
Breeds 
Breeds 
Breeds 
Breeds 
Bonin Petrel 
Bul-wer * s Petrel 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Breeds 
Sooty Shearwater 
Vagrant 
(April 1906) 
3,000 
4,000 
1 , 000 
t 
100 
u 
Vagrant 
(Oct. 1906) 
Breeds 
8 , 000 ^ 
1 + 
Vagrant 1 
(Mar. 1969) 
Rare Visitor 1 
(3 records^)! recent) (2) 
Breeds 
Uncommon^ Regular 
Visitor (= winter 
resident) 
(11 Records )(8 recent 
incl. 1 from 1958 ) 
Rare visitor 
(2 records ),1 recent 
Hypothetical^ (l 
unconf. rec. ca. 
1896-1897) 
Rare visitor 
(2 records), 1 ' recent 
Uncommon visitor 
(7 records), 4 recent 
Rare visitor 
(2 records) * 
Vagrant 
(April 1906) 
746 
476^ 
63 
Formerly bred 
Extinct, 
14 
( 1 ) 
( 1 ) 
0 
Maximum Recent 
Estimate of 
Recent ^ 
Estimate 
Breeding 
Population 
Comment 
h2 ,000 
[67,000] 
l)-0, 000^ 
Procellariiform 
estimates 
300,000'* 
with the 
600, 000^ 
possible except- 
263,000^ 
ion of albatro- 
6 
1 
sses (and vagr- 
200, 000 
ants) are very 
20,000 
10,000 
weak and seldom 
based on any 
200,000 
114 - 0 , 000 
meaningful form 
of estimation. 
(1) 
M 
Bonin^ Bulwer * s 
and Wedge-tail 
10,000 
14,000 
are possibly 
off by a relat¬ 
ively large 
factor. 
(2,000) 1911 
(5,000) 1915 
3,000 
WA 
HA 
HA 
HA 
HA 
HA 
HA 
HA 
HA 
Probably present 
every year. Def- 
inately part of 
migrant fauna. 
Likely more regular 
than data indi¬ 
cates. 
Probably has 
occurred. 
Likely more common 
than data indi¬ 
cates 
Probably present 
every year. 
(Dill ^ Bryan) 
(Munter) 
Prepared by R.B.Clapp 
Fr>lR 1P72 
